Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 04:47:41 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perl and ports Message-ID: <ef60af0905012419474719fb9e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050125032510.GA82758@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <ef60af0905012416425fdc0a7d@mail.gmail.com> <20050125005449.GA41074@xor.obsecurity.org> <200501242120.16504.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> <20050125032510.GA82758@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:25:10 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 09:20:16PM -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > > On Monday 24 January 2005 06:54 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 01:42:24AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: > > > > Do we still need perl to make use of ports > > > > > > > > Just asking because it bugs me. I never use it and it just takes up > > > > space and it is a security risc :P I want it gone :) > > > > > > Only if you want to do certain things like 'make index', but not for > > > general use (this has been the case for years). > > > > > > Kris > > > > And if you want to install packages using the ports tree. > > Eh? > > > depend on installing packages only, ok. Of course, you have to wait for > > them to be built. > > > > I just ran pkg_info -R perl-5.8.5, too many to count by hand. > > Well, yeah, but that's because you installed perl 5.8.5 or something > that depends on it. If you use 4.x most such ports will be happy with > the base system version of perl, and if you don't use 4.x then ports > that don't require perl won't install it. > > Kris > me getting confused :) Are there 2 perl thingies ? a base and a other one ? I would like to have no perl at all and be abel to do make install in the ports tree ?
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