Well, the reasoning behind using whatever perl 5.x.y is in the path is that many users had, under Jaguar, installed perl 5.8.0 themselves (following some idiotic instructions on Apple's web site). I was trying to make sure that no matter how you had installed the version of perl, Fink could still use it.
I think the place to address this is VirtPackages.pm, actually. If our tests of the installed perl 5.x.y are sufficiently robust, we'll guarantee that it has whatever properties we need. And it's only if those tests are passed that a user gets to have system-perl5xy and bypass the fink perl5xy package. -- Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
