perl and ports

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Mon Jan 24 17:23:01 PST 2005


On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 02:02:13AM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:54:50 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> 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 if you want to do certain things like 'make index', but not for
> > general use (this has been the case for years).
> 
> So i can go in the port directory of perl and do make deinstall and
> freebsd still works right, no kernel panic or something :)

Yes.

Kris
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