the PERL make variable...

[Sergey Matveychuk]

Paul Chvostek wrote:
> The handbook and bsd.port.mk are clear that the variable should be used
> for shell magic.  But I submitted two new ports last week had this use
> of PERL removed upon commit.  The committer claimed he didn't the
> purpose of the PERL make variable, and that pointing to the perl binary
> at /usr/bin/perl was the best way to go.

The Porter's Handbook is right, the committer is wrong.

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