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OpenBSD moves to 5.8.0
Fletch writes "According to deadly.org, perl has been upgraded from 5.6.1 to 5.8.0 in openbsd-current. Several other modules in the ports collection were also updated to newer versions." These changes were made after the release of OpenBSD 3.2. To get a version of OpenBSD with Perl 5.8.0 as your stock Perl, upgrade to the CVS version of OpenBSD, or wait a few months for OpenBSD 3.3. Enjoy!
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packages are nice (Score:1)
In fact, I'd love it if these systems made all parts of the base system into packages. That would avoid the strangeness of having e.g. postfix, BIND, sendmail, and openssh maintained both in the base system *and* as packages.
Re:packages are nice (Score:1)
Well, as with every thing else, there is a reason for that:
The base system is suppose to be a complete system. A system shipping with all nessessary components for a running UNIX system. It is like buying a car. A car comes with tyres and steering wheel, eventhough some people replaces them with low-profile wheels and a sports car steering wheel. So it is with Sendmail/Apache/Named. If you don't like it, install something else, but it comes with the base.
Of course there are good reasons to put it in
-- I know Perl has many uses, but I use it mostly for programming.
Re:packages are nice (Score:1)
Sure, I can imagine a set of applications being labelled "complete system," and distributed on CDs to the public, etc.. But that is not a reason to have those programs exist outside a package system. In fact, having all parts of the system as packages means that you can have different visions of "base system": for instance, a workstation may not need sshd, and I doubt anyone really needs *both* mail servers that are in the NetBSD base system. Another