Please remove Perl from ports

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith]

On 08/01/2013 10:31 AM, Chris H wrote:

> So, in the end; why did Perl have to be relocated? Is my only
> recourse at this point to
> # cd /
> # rm -rf .

When I get into this kind of bad situation, I usually do something
slightly less drastic:
# pkg_delete -a
# find -d /usr/local -type d -exec rmdir {} \;
This last command removes empty directories in /usr/local (it also
produces lots of error messages when it tries to remove non-empty
directories).  Then I look through the contents of /usr/local,
especially if there is anything in /usr/local/etc or /usr/local/libexec
where some of my manually changed configuration files reside.  And then
I delete any crud left over that I know I don't need.

After that, I rebuild all the ports from scratch.

Finally, I do understand why you feel the need to vent, and I don't want
to belittle your feelings of frustration.  But I do think everyone is
trying their best.  I like to tell people that running FreeBSD or Linux
is like owning a souped up sports car - usually it runs really well, but
it often needs a lot of attention.  (Windows is like driving a cheap car
that breaks down all the time, but engine is designed in such a way as
to be totally inaccessible with regards to repairs.  And Apple is like
driving a BMW - it mostly works well but you pay a lot for it.)