perl headers (was Re: Addition to the list of virtual package names)

[Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>]

On 14 May 1996, Kai Henningsen wrote:

> This reminds me ...
> 
> Perl uses the kernel includes to generate its own includes. Shouldn't it  
> use the libc includes under the new scheme, for the exact same reason that  
> this one has its own kernel includes?

This reminds me:

Can perl build it's headers in the background during installation?
Are there any packages which depend on the perl header files for
installation to work?

If not, then it should run in the background and let the installation
continue on to the next package.

Craig