Re: NetBSD master CVS tree commits

[Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer%rrzc1.rz.uni-regensburg.de@localhost>]

> : > Update of /cvsroot/pkgsrc/x11/xplot
> : The perl path in tcpdump2xplot.pl is /usr/local/bin/perl
> : - should we change this to /usr/pkg/bin/perl?
> This should be /usr/bin/perl to maintain maximumm compatibility.  (If the
> package version of perl doesn't create a symlink to the binary in
> /usr/bin/perl, it's very broken.)

I'd rather call it broken IF it cluttered the filesystem with random 
links. Our build/packaging system is designed to put things into a single 
dir, and that's where other packages should expect it. If any, we should 
make this ${PREFIX}/bin/perl, and expand ${PREFIX} on installation time.


 - Hubert

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Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer%rz.uni-regensburg.de@localhost>