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Date:      Thu, 15 Feb 2001 20:25:30 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Michiel Boland <boland@carmel.diva.nl>
Cc:        Steve O'Hara-Smith <steveo@eircom.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: perl5 on 2.2.8-STABLE
Message-ID:  <20010215202530.A28771@mollari.cthul.hu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10102160122580.27033-100000@carmel.diva.nl>; from boland@carmel.diva.nl on Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 01:24:53AM %2B0100
References:  <20010215214415.10f45303.steveo@eircom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10102160122580.27033-100000@carmel.diva.nl>

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On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 01:24:53AM +0100, Michiel Boland wrote:
> > MB> Is there a way to install perl5 on a 2.2.8-STABLE machine using por=
ts? The
> > MB> ports/lang/perl5 port no longer builds - perl5.005_02.tar.gz appear=
s to
> > MB> have disappeared everywhere.
> >=20
> > 	I suggest (untried) editing the Makefile to use perl5.005_03.tar.gz
> > make makesum and proceed =3D it may work easily or it may fight back :)
>=20
> Well that appears to work after fiddling with a couple of the patches. Is
> it worth it to get someone to update the port, or is the perl5 port
> essentially dead? (In which case it should probably be removed.)

It's dead as long as no-one maintains it.  If the current maintainer
(markm) doesn't want to keep doing it, and you want to take care of
it, then the problem is solved :-)

Kris

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