Re: perl links

2010-04-10 Thread Anton Yuzhaninov
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:14:48 +0800, Aiza wrote: A When installing perl i see 2 links between /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin. A Is this still required or is it something left over from when perl was A part of the base system? A A symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9 and /usr/bin/perl A symlinking

Re: perl links

2010-04-10 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Anton == Anton Yuzhaninov cit...@citrin.ru writes: Anton most perl scripts begins with Anton #!/usr/bin/perl Anton this is common convention (also outside *BSD world) In fact, it's the recommendation from the original Camel book in 1990 (which I wrote, but the kids forget that :) that no

Re: perl links

2010-04-10 Thread parv
in message 86zl1btumw@red.stonehenge.com, wrote Randal L. Schwartz thusly... Anton == Anton Yuzhaninov cit...@citrin.ru writes: Anton most perl scripts begins with Anton #!/usr/bin/perl Anton this is common convention (also outside *BSD world) In fact, it's the recommendation from

Re: perl links

2010-04-10 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
parv == parv p...@pair.com writes: parv So, you are the guilty one. By that logic, every software should parv assume some location, so that people can have fun with link farm parv maintainance. Keep in mind, the scene has changed in 20 years. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting

Re: perl links

2010-04-10 Thread Charlie Kester
On Sat 10 Apr 2010 at 09:26:33 PDT Randal L. Schwartz wrote: parv == parv p...@pair.com writes: parv So, you are the guilty one. By that logic, every software should parv assume some location, so that people can have fun with link farm parv maintainance. Keep in mind, the scene has changed

perl links

2010-04-09 Thread Aiza
When installing perl i see 2 links between /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin. Is this still required or is it something left over from when perl was part of the base system? symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9 and /usr/bin/perl symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9 and /usr/bin/perl5

Re: perl links

2010-04-09 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Apr 9, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Aiza wrote: When installing perl i see 2 links between /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin. Is this still required or is it something left over from when perl was part of the base system? symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9 and /usr/bin/perl symlinking

Re: perl links

2010-04-09 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 07:14:48AM +0800, Aiza wrote: When installing perl i see 2 links between /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin. Is this still required or is it something left over from when perl was part of the base system? symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9 and /usr/bin/perl symlinking