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[Scott Long]

David O'Brien wrote:

> 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.
>  

And interoperability with the trillions of perl scripts that start
with

#!/usr/bin/perl

isn't a big deal?  I vote for what gives our users the least headaches.

Scott