>On Wed, Nov 27, 2002, Michael Schloh von Bennewitz wrote:
>
>> > Err... no, I _INTENTIONALLY_ have _NOT_ made it dependent on Perl and
>> > Make. That's why I packaged the openpkg.1 and not just openpkg.pod. What
>> > you are trying to fix is the @version@. Ok, but not this way, please.
>> >
>> This package includes perl scripts, just like m4 or openssl. In efforts to
>> make OpenPKG as robust and *self contained* as possible, we've always stated
>> dependencies explicitly. Is there a good reason that now, we are not stating
>> that this (clearly perl-needing) package requires perl? How are we going to
>> otherwise know if the external perl is not very old or a custom installation?
>>
Michael v. E. did a good job in verifying that this openpkg-build even runs with
microperl. That means that really every available perl will be compatible
enough. We should consider putting microperl into that package.

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