Re: perl and ports

2005-02-04 Thread Loren M. Lang
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 11:41:56PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: ps who is the imake developer ? Believe me i am going to mail every developer where perl comes in between me and the application :P Actually, I think you should work on sh first, it's a much bigger security hazard than perl. If

Re: perl and ports

2005-02-04 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Feb 04), Loren M. Lang said: Actually, I think you should work on sh first, it's a much bigger security hazard than perl. If you've ever written much sh, you'd realize with it's much loser syntax, it's easy to get into trouble. At least perl provides use strict and -Tw.

Re: perl and ports

2005-02-04 Thread Loren M. Lang
On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 10:13:45PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Feb 04), Loren M. Lang said: Actually, I think you should work on sh first, it's a much bigger security hazard than perl. If you've ever written much sh, you'd realize with it's much loser syntax, it's easy to

Re: perl and ports

2005-02-04 Thread Warren
Can all future replys on this subject please exclude me in the reply please :) -- Yours Sincerely Shinjii http://www.shinji.nq.nu ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-26 Thread Dick Davies
* Gert Cuykens [EMAIL PROTECTED] [0137 23:37]: No i dont know anything about c++ or perl, ok i know what a class is :P For me is not realy about perl it self its about the way it get used as a tool to help build things. For me freebsd is build as a base that can handle everything designed for

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-26 Thread Adam Smith
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 11:59:54PM +0100, Gert Cuykens said: I am not a developer so i can not think for them i can only ask questions. I would not even ask them if the application itself would use it. Then i would accept it as part of a furniture. PS if you buy a new television do you

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-26 Thread Gert Cuykens
That's not what you're saying. you're asking the people who build your car not to use a wrench but their bare hands because you have something against wrenches for some reason. i have nothing against a wrenches If you compile from the ports then the television factory is also your living room.

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-26 Thread Greg Barniskis
Gert Cuykens wrote: True, lets talk about the factory then The machinery would be /usr/src The resources would be /usr/ports Do you agree a wrench is not a resource ? I think your analogies go astray because you don't fully understand the wide variety of uses Perl has. It used in many different

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-26 Thread Gert Cuykens
of perl in ports is a framework because the framework supports the snowplow all the time like x11 does that for gnome. After the snowplow is installed the wrench has of no use for plowing snow. Like perl has of no use after you build the package. For me perl belongs to the base toolbox in your garage

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-26 Thread Adam Smith
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 06:31:32PM +0100, Gert Cuykens said: If you compile from the ports then the television factory is also your living room. True, lets talk about the factory then The machinery would be /usr/src The resources would be /usr/ports Do you agree a wrench is not a

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-26 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 05:45 pm, Adam Smith wrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 06:31:32PM +0100, Gert Cuykens said: If you compile from the ports then the television factory is also your living room. True, lets talk about the factory then The machinery would be /usr/src The

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-26 Thread Gert Cuykens
ok ok me stop asking questions about the wrench lying in my living room next to my television. I will just put some flowers on top of it :P ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Gert Cuykens
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:53:01 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 03:30:05PM +1000, Warren wrote: On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:28 pm, Gert Cuykens wrote: does cvsup need perl ? Yes Only to compile it from ports, not to run the resulting package. Kris

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:26:07AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:53:01 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 03:30:05PM +1000, Warren wrote: On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:28 pm, Gert Cuykens wrote: does cvsup need perl ? Yes Only to

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 09:26:07 AM +0100 Gert Cuykens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is what i dont understand only need perl to compile it ? so some pakeges need perl to compile and some dont ? why not make them all perl independent ? This shouldn't be too hard to do. All you have to do

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Gert Cuykens
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:33:25 -0600, Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 09:26:07 AM +0100 Gert Cuykens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is what i dont understand only need perl to compile it ? so some pakeges need perl to compile and some dont ? why not make

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Tuesday 25 January 2005 01:00 pm, Gert Cuykens wrote: On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:33:25 -0600, Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 09:26:07 AM +0100 Gert Cuykens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is what i dont understand only need perl to compile it ?

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jan 25), Gert Cuykens said: On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:33:25 -0600, Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 09:26:07 AM +0100 Gert Cuykens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is what i dont understand only need perl to compile it ? so some

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 08:00:54PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:33:25 -0600, Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 09:26:07 AM +0100 Gert Cuykens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is what i dont understand only need perl to compile it ?

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Gert Cuykens
so if i go to a ports tree directory how do i display a list of all dependencies without compiling it ? I am guessing something like make info :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 11:23:09PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: so if i go to a ports tree directory how do i display a list of all dependencies without compiling it ? I am guessing something like make info :) 'make pretty-print-run-depends-list' or 'make pretty-print-build-depends-list'

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Gert Cuykens
ps who is the imake developer ? Believe me i am going to mail every developer where perl comes in between me and the application :P I dont want perl , i know it can do great things but i dont want it. Its a bit like internet explorer browser or msn messenger in windows. I just want a windows not

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 11:41:56PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: ps who is the imake developer ? Believe me i am going to mail every developer where perl comes in between me and the application :P That would mostly just irritate developers and point out your own ignorance. I think you need to

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread David Landgren
Kris Kennaway wrote: I will start with the cvsup developer :P cvsup itself doesn't require perl to build (as you can see from the lack of mention in the makefile), it's one of the other build dependencies. Well I think Modula-3 is find totally useless and even obsolete and dead as far as

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 11:51:28PM +0100, David Landgren wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: I will start with the cvsup developer :P cvsup itself doesn't require perl to build (as you can see from the lack of mention in the makefile), it's one of the other build dependencies. Well I think

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Gert Cuykens
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:47:32 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 11:41:56PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: ps who is the imake developer ? Believe me i am going to mail every developer where perl comes in between me and the application :P That would mostly

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:59:54 PM +0100 Gert Cuykens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no why would it irritate developers ? Its just a question ? i only want them to think a bit before they bring in perl to build there application. I am not a developer so i can not think for them i can only ask

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Chuck Swiger
Gert Cuykens wrote: On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:47:32 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ ... ] no why would it irritate developers ? Its just a question ? i only want them to think a bit before they bring in perl to build there application. I am not a developer so i can not think for them

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Greg Barniskis
Gert Cuykens wrote: I want a freebsd with cvsup x11 and a gnome-lite desktop. Its what i like about freebsd filosofie you have a house and you can chose your own freebsd port furniture. For me perl is a closet that i dont want because it doesnt go well with my php painting and my apache carpet. If

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Gert Cuykens
Let me get this straight. You're not a developer, so you don't know languages or how to code. Yet you're completely convinced that perl is insecure and should never be used anywhere, and you're equally convinced that no developer should be using it for their programs. Is that about right?

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Wednesday, January 26, 2005 12:35:32 AM +0100 Gert Cuykens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me freebsd is build as a base that can handle everything designed for it. If application need something to help it build, it should belong to the base and not to a external perl tool. Then it wouldn't

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Gert Cuykens
For me freebsd is build as a base that can handle everything designed for it. If application need something to help it build, it should belong to the base and not to a external perl tool. Then it wouldn't hurt for you to know that perl *is* part of the base of FreeBSD. There is *also*

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Jerry McAllister
For me freebsd is build as a base that can handle everything designed for it. If application need something to help it build, it should belong to the base and not to a external perl tool. Then it wouldn't hurt for you to know that perl *is* part of the base of FreeBSD. There

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Jerry McAllister
Let me get this straight. You're not a developer, so you don't know languages or how to code. Yet you're completely convinced that perl is insecure and should never be used anywhere, and you're equally convinced that no developer should be using it for their programs. Is that

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-25 Thread Gert Cuykens
So if want to (install) buy a car and go to the (ports) shop i dont expect to bring my (perl) wrench to the (ports) shop . No, you expect a competent shop to have the tool and know how to use it. Otherwise you wouldn't take your car there. Ok thats true but a toolbox belongs in the car

perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Gert Cuykens
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 :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Oliver Leitner
make and make install clean should do a good thing too, if the sourcecode itself isnt perl, nor any part of it, you should get the results wanted with these commands. please correct me, if im not right, but the Makefile is not pl, right? Greetings Oliver Leitner Technical Staff

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
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

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Gert Cuykens
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:54:50 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 02:02:13AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:54:50 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Gert Cuykens
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:22:57 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 02:02:13AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:54:50 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 01:42:24AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: Do we still

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
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

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
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

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Gert Cuykens
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:25:10 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 04:47:41AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:25:10 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Gert Cuykens
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:53:20 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 04:47:41AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:25:10 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 09:20:16PM -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: On Monday

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 05:12:12AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: So if i want to completly wipe out perl where in my freebsd 5.3 ports tree do i do make deinstall ? Use pkg_info and pkg_delete to remove the installed packages. See the manpages. Kris pgpzrqfa4Va8E.pgp Description: PGP

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Gert Cuykens
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:20:10 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 05:12:12AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: So if i want to completly wipe out perl where in my freebsd 5.3 ports tree do i do make deinstall ? Use pkg_info and pkg_delete to remove the installed

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
should update everything depending on perl, that is: * first, upgrade your perl5.8 installation. * run use.perl port, so that the system knows you have 5.8.5. * now, run some magic incantations to upgrade all ports depending on perl, that is run something like : portupgrade

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Monday 24 January 2005 10:23 pm, Gert Cuykens wrote: On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:20:10 -0800, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 05:12:12AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: So if i want to completly wipe out perl where in my freebsd 5.3 ports tree do i do make

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Gert Cuykens
does cvsup need perl ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Warren
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:28 pm, Gert Cuykens wrote: does cvsup need perl ? Yes -- Yours Sincerely Shinjii http://www.shinji.nq.nu ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 11:15:12PM -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: 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

Re: perl and ports

2005-01-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 03:30:05PM +1000, Warren wrote: On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:28 pm, Gert Cuykens wrote: does cvsup need perl ? Yes Only to compile it from ports, not to run the resulting package. Kris pgpuTO1yuKsMX.pgp Description: PGP signature

Problems installing perl from ports

2004-06-29 Thread Axel Sjstedt
Hello all, I've run into a problem trying to install the perl5.8 port that I cannot solve. I've been Googling around, and found a few having a simular problem, but no solution. I have not updated perl before, so the present version are the one that came bundled with FreeBSD. Here's the last bit

'wrong' version of perl for ports??

2002-10-05 Thread Nick Tonkin
hello, I just built a new perl (5.8.0) from source on a new clean install of FreeBSD. Now some (but not all) ports fail to build with this error: Error: you don't have the right version of perl in /usr/bin. *** Error code 1 Where can I tell FreeBSD that I have new perl? Or are there some

Re: 'wrong' version of perl for ports??

2002-10-05 Thread cas
Nick Tonkin wrote: hello, I just built a new perl (5.8.0) from source on a new clean install of FreeBSD. Now some (but not all) ports fail to build with this error: Error: you don't have the right version of perl in /usr/bin. *** Error code 1 Where can I tell FreeBSD that I have new

Re: 'wrong' version of perl for ports??

2002-10-05 Thread cas
Nick Tonkin wrote: hello, I just built a new perl (5.8.0) from source on a new clean install of FreeBSD. Now some (but not all) ports fail to build with this error: Error: you don't have the right version of perl in /usr/bin. *** Error code 1 Where can I tell FreeBSD that I have new