Subject: pkg/7579: Perl should be optional in mysql package
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <dfraser@capybara.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/14/1999 08:51:09
>Number:         7579
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       Perl should be optional in mysql package
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager (NetBSD software packages system bug manager)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May 14 08:50:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dan J Fraser
>Organization:
Dan J. Fraser <dfraser@mother.com> -- <URL:http://www.mother.com/~dfraser/>
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>Release:        1.4 i386 <NetBSD-current source date>
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD beorn.capybara.org 1.4 NetBSD 1.4 (BEORN) #0: Wed May 12 00:21:20 EDT 1999 root@:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/BEORN i386


>Description:
MySQL package installs an old version of perl.  This is probably bad.
Perl is not required to use MySQL, only to use the test suite.
Thus, perl should probably be optional.
	
>How-To-Repeat:
make :)
	
>Fix:
	
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