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Date:      Sun, 02 May 1999 10:31:37 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
Cc:        obrien@FreeBSD.org (David E. O'Brien), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc make.conf 
Message-ID:  <199905020831.KAA20459@greenpeace.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of " Sun, 02 May 1999 12:46:06 %2B1000." <199905020246.MAA11256@cimlogic.com.au> 
References:  <199905020246.MAA11256@cimlogic.com.au> 

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John Birrell wrote:
> Since /etc/make.conf is not updated by a `make world', this fix won't
> solve their "problem".

I wholeheartedly support this. perl is now a Critically Needed Tool
in the build process, and decidedly non-optional. Folk who want their
own versions should build same, put these in $(PREFIX) and modify
their PATH's appropriately.

>                        We should remove NOPERL tests from all other
> makefiles now that markm keeps us up-to-date-ish with perl. That is,
> until the point when trying toi find a way to build perl has driven him
> to commit suicide. After that, YMMV. 8-)

Hehehe! Quite so!

M
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