Re: Draft manifest

> # For folks who need the latest/greatest Perl, there is always 
> # the Perl port, which is distributed with FreeBSD on DVD or CD 
> # in binary installable format.
> 
> Do you not upgrade base Perl because there's something wrong with it,
> because it works and you don't want to break it, or because it's too
> much of a hassle?

The last two; because it works, and because upgrading is a hassle.

> # >  3: The Perl distribution must be split into a core part, and
> # >     additional modules.
> # 
> # If "core" is just the basic language+Dynaloader, libperl and 
> # some documentation, then I am strongly in agreement.
> 
> I would imagine that we'd also want CPAN.pm (or CPANPLUS.pm), at least.
> That way we could stick perlbase-(version) and perllib-(version) on the
> CPAN and pull down perllib once we have perlbase built (for a normal
> install--there'd probably be a Configure question asking if you'd like
> to get the standard lib).

Maybe. That could be simply added later (Linux's RPM system or FreeBSD's
pkg_add).

> 	Starting with Perl 5.10.0, the Perl distribution is split into
> 	two parts, perlbase and perllib.  You have downloaded perlbase.
> 	perllib contains most of the standard library.  If you'd like,
> 	Perl can automatically download and install perllib from the CPAN 
> 	once Perl has finished installing.  It can also automatically 
> 	install it if it's already been downloaded, or it can run without 
> 	perllib.
> 	
> 	Do you want to download perllib from the CPAN? [yes] no
> 	Have you downloaded it already? [yes] no
> 
> 	Perl will not download or install perllib.  You can always
> 	download and install it yourself using CPAN.pm--just use
> 	the command 'install perllib-5.10.0'.

Can I download and install it _without_ CPAN, to get a proper FreeBSD
package built? BSDPAN?

> I would expect that perl -v would let you know if the library wasn't
> installed:

Yes.

> 	`install perllib-5.10.0' at the `cpan>' prompt.  You will
> probably need to have
> 	root or administrator access to do this.

FreeBSD would have this as "pkg_install [URL:]perllib-5.10.0" at
root's prompt.

> (Of course, the parenthesized line and the last paragraph would
> disappear once perllib was installed.)

Right. Preferably not by patching binaries.

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