Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/lang/perl5
To: Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org>
From: Johnny C. Lam <jlam@jgrind.org>
List: pkgsrc-changes
Date: 01/17/2004 03:30:24
On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:49:47PM +0100, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 12:46:51PM +0000, Johnny C. Lam wrote:
> > Modified Files:
> > 	pkgsrc/lang/perl5: buildlink3.mk
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > Add a variable "PERL5_PATH" that's the full path to the actual perl
> > binary.  This is different from ${PERL5} in that if perl is installed
> > using pkgviews, then PERL5_PATH points within perl's depot directory.
> 
> When should we use this?

I think I will probably back out this change soon.  It looks like a
serious mistake if a program needs to ever refer to a specific version
of a program as it would break if that program were ever updated.

	Cheers,

	-- Johnny Lam <jlam@jgrind.org>