On 1/18/98 10:16 PM, David Brownlee at abs@netbsd.org wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, T. Sean (Theo) Schulze wrote:
>
>> >	Are you using the packages system to compile perl?
>> >
>> =

>> No, I haven't looked into the packages thing yet.  Would this help?
>> =

>
>	Well, its the best supported way of building programs under NetBSD -
>	each package contains the necessary information and patches to build
>	the appropriate program.
>
>        Download the pkgsrc tarfile (currently around 700K)
>
>      ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/pkgsrc.ta=
r.gz
>
>        and extract in '/usr'. This will create a '/usr/pkgsrc' hierarch=
y of
>        package subdirectories. If you have a direct internet connection=
 you
>        can then cd into the appropriate subdirectory and just type 'mak=
e',
>        then 'make install'. If you do not have a direct internet connec=
tion
>        you need to obtain the source for the package (check the appropr=
iate
>        makefile for the location) and put it into /usr/pkgsrc/distfiles=
=2E
>

Would the packages system help me to get Perl to run its tests =

successfully?  I would still be compiling on my machine, right?  What is =

different, other than the method used to get the source into my machine =

for compiling?  I guess I am not following you.

Regards,

Sean.


                 T. Sean (Theo) Schulze
71410.25@compuserve.com           TSSchulze@aol.com
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