Re: perl and ports

From: Kris Kennaway (kris_at_obsecurity.org)
Date: 01/25/05

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To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>

    On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:26:07AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote:
    > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:53:01 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> 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
    > >
    >
    > 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 ?

    It's not up to us - if the third-party software requires a port to
    build, that's what it needs.

    Kris

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