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Re: New perl package



Guy Maor writes ("Re: New perl package"):
> On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Please don't do this !  Configure it to think that csh isn't
> > available.  You can't make an vital package like Perl depend on an
> > optional one like csh ...
> 
> I'm not sure if this is possible.  perl uses csh to do its globbing.  I
> wonder if it could just be changed to use bash?  The globbing isn't
> completely compatible though.

Please read bugs 1247 and 2495 in the bug tracking system for a
thorough discussion of this problem.

Ian.


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