Bug#3230: why the hell does perl depend on tcsh???

[kai@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)]

Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca  wrote on 06.06.96 in <[🔎] m0uReGf-00013qC@miles.econ.queensu.ca>:

>   Carlos>  Package: perl
>   Carlos>  Version: 5.002-10
>   Carlos>
>   Carlos> Version -7 didn't depend on tcsh. Why does this version depend? It
>   Carlos> shouldn't, anyway.
>
> Perl needs tcsh for globbing. There were a couple of bug reports to that
> extend.

Of course, the best solution would be to have Perl do the globbing without
tcsh.

MfG Kai