Re: Is perl part of the system or not?

[stevegr@neosoft.com (Vociferous Mole)]

On Jan 7, bcwhite@verisim.com (Brian C. White) wrote:
> > > 2. Make perl-base essential, and modify perl so that it layers on
> > > top, rather than replacing
> > 
> > I also prefer this.  Using alternatives isn't necessary.  perl-base is
> > just perl with a stripped down /usr/lib/perl, afaik.
> 
> Actually, it is just the binary and a few essential extensions.

So is the /usr/bin/perl executable the same in both perl-base and perl?
Likewise the essential extensions? If so, the perl package should
not conflict/replace, but instead just depend on perl-base. Then
perl-base could be marked essential. 

Steve Greenland

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