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Date:      Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:00:22 -0500
From:      "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net>
To:        "Ollivier Robert" <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ntp Makefile config.h src/usr.sbin/ntp/arlib Makefile src/usr.sbin/ntp/doc Makefile ntp-genkeys.8 src/usr.sbin/ntp/libntp Makefile...
Message-ID:  <op.ssdgawmw9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050614104106.GA14918@tara.freenix.org>
References:  <200407201544.i6KFiWWr001296@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050613110937.GA29004@roughtrade.net> <20050613144244.GA45110@tara.freenix.org> <20050613233625.GF11349@roughtrade.net> <20050614104106.GA14918@tara.freenix.org>

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On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 05:41:06 -0500, Ollivier Robert  
<roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> wrote:

> According to Joshua Goodall:
>> FreeBSD's use.perl script deliberately manages a symlink from
>> /usr/bin/perl to (for example) my /opt/bin/perl5.8.6.  I believe
>> that using the managed link is more correct than making assumptions
>> about $LOCALBASE.
>
> You have a point.  What do others say?

danfe's reply is a lot better, why not use '#!/usr/bin/env perl'?

>> It's ntptrace.  I didn't send it to the NTP team because I don't
>> know them, and as far as I knew it was only FreeBSD harbouring a
>> desire to eradicate perl scripts from the base system.  I'd like
>> to send it, and it'd help if I had some kind of endorsement from a
>> committer.
>
> Please contact Harlan Stenn <stenn@ntp.isc.org> and Brad Knowles
> <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> to see fi they're interested.  They know me :)


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