On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 04:13:23PM -0800, Ted Unangst wrote: > if you're installing a package that's going to exploit a bug in perl, > why are you installing it? >
my point is that if you want to install packages at all you need the perl binary. That is in response so someone suggesting you do not need perl at all. I think you are missinterpreting. > On 1/12/06, Clint M. Sand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 09:38:07PM +0100, Han Boetes wrote: > > > I doubt you need perl at all on a box like that. You can also > > > consider to simply remove all the perl on that system. > > > > > > > > > # Han > > > > The pkg_* tools are perl. Even though its a firewall he may need to > > install/remove/maintain pkg's of some sort.