> > Unless I hear too many cries "don't do that" (with justification), I > > plan to not create any perl symlinks in /usr/bin in the forthcoming > > upgrade of both lang/perl5.8 (to 5.8.6) and lang/perl5 (to 5.6.2). This > > will ONLY be true for FreeBSD 5.X and FreeBSD CURRENT; the existing > > pollution of /usr/bin will still be performed for older versions of > > FreeBSD, if requested via use.perl script. > > What purpose does this serve? To keep the base system clean? I'm not > convinced that having just a few (2?) symlinks in /usr/bin will > "pollute" the base system, but it does save having to modify > potentially thousands of scripts. Isn't the latter *much* more > expensive?
Agreed. Removing perl symlinks in /usr/bin is an incredibly bad idea. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
