Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 17940 invoked by uid 6000); 28 Mar 1998 02:15:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 17929 invoked from network); 28 Mar 1998 02:15:18 -0000 Received: from hermes.cc.umr.edu (HELO umr.edu) (131.151.1.68) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 28 Mar 1998 02:15:18 -0000 Received: from infinity.cc.umr.edu (infinity.cc.umr.edu [131.151.37.9]) via ESMTP by hermes.cc.umr.edu (8.8.7/R.4.20) id UAA06753; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 20:15:11 -0600 (CST) Received: from (nneul@localhost) by infinity.cc.umr.edu (8.8.7/M.4.00) id UAA21559; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 20:15:10 -0600 Message-ID: <19980327201510.B21433@umr.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 20:15:10 -0600 From: Nathan Neulinger To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: perl is portable References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.90.8i In-Reply-To: ; from Marc Slemko on Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 07:07:42PM -0700 Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 07:07:42PM -0700, Marc Slemko wrote: > I have said it, therefore it is. Right? Perl is, it's location or version is not. I presume you're going to use the path and other methods to actually locate it? Be sure and check for both 'perl' and 'perl5'. > make isn't, when you want to do anything complex. . sh isn't, when you > want to do anything complex. Once you have perl, it is. Therefore, I will > use perl for my Apache packages install code. Sounds like good reasoning? > Didn't think so, but I can't think of anything better. -- Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ Nathan Neulinger EMail: nneul@umr.edu University of Missouri - Rolla Phone: (573) 341-4841 Computing Services Fax: (573) 341-4216