Date: 27 Mar 2006 09:53:11 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: spamassassin build failure Message-ID: <447j6g5488.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20060326133003.GN12075@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> References: <20060326031840.GC12075@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <20060326081715.GA22633@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20060326133003.GN12075@tigger.digitaltorque.ca>
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"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> writes: > As I think I only went from perl 5.6 to 5.8, I'm surprised that so much would > be out of date. Good to know though. Do the other scripting languages have > this kind of support? Python? Even among scripting languages, perl is unique in its pathological lack of backward compatibility. The FreeBSD maintainers do a nice job of limiting the pain, but you *do* have to follow their directions.
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