Re: net/net-snmp patch to remove PERL and headers

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 01:01:50PM -0500, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
> 
> This patch to Makefile removes the (presently) non-optional dependency on
> Perl, as well removes a voluminous amount of headers from the binary
> package PLIST.  Man pages are next.
> 
>  
> http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~seklecki/net-snmp-makefile-pkgsrc_no_perl_headers.patch
> 
> Useful for embedded environments, for which, a separate discussion about
> pkgsrc binary pruning is beyond the scope of this forum.

Mmmm, forums.

Anyway, I think this would be nice to have - perhaps as a separate
package, or as a minimalist option?  As you say, having perl in
embedded environments is not that useful/desirable/safe.

Thanks,
Alistair