cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ntp Makefile config.h src/usr.sbin/ntp/arlib Makefile src/usr.sbin/ntp/doc Makefile ntp-genkeys.8 src/usr.sbin/ntp/libntp Makefile...

[David O'Brien]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 12:41:06PM +0200, Ollivier Robert wrote:
> According to Joshua Goodall:
> > FreeBSD's use.perl script deliberately manages a symlink from
> > /usr/bin/perl to (for example) my /opt/bin/perl5.8.6.  I believe
> > that using the managed link is more correct than making assumptions
> > about $LOCALBASE.
> 
> You have a point.  What do others say?

We should stop creating a /usr/bin/perl symlink.  We don't create
/usr/bin/python or /usr/bin/ruby.  We should stop treating Perl a
something more special than other 3rd-party scripting languages.
What would we do if this file were a ruby script?
That is what we should do for it as a Perl script.
 
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-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)