Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:34:34 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@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: <42AF314A.6080701@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20050614192854.GA13882@dragon.NUXI.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> <20050614192854.GA13882@dragon.NUXI.org>
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David O'Brien wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 12:41:06PM +0200, Ollivier Robert 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? > > > We should stop creating a /usr/bin/perl symlink. We don't create > /usr/bin/python or /usr/bin/ruby. We should stop treating Perl a > something more special than other 3rd-party scripting languages. > What would we do if this file were a ruby script? > That is what we should do for it as a Perl script. > And interoperability with the trillions of perl scripts that start with #!/usr/bin/perl isn't a big deal? I vote for what gives our users the least headaches. Scott
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