[gentoo-perl] libperl: to keep or merge?

[gentoo-perl] libperl: to keep or merge?

[Michael Cummings]

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OK, I think I floated this idea a while back, but it was while I was
trying that zany slotted perl ebuild stuff, and it never made it any
further. Right now we have an ebuild for libperl to build a the shared
library, and the in the regular perl ebuild we build a huge honking
static perl.

I can see some of the rationale of this historically - on a fried box, a
static perl will still run, whereas a dynamic one will be dead if
/usr/lib is toasted.

But seriously, do we really need to keep these separate? Wouldn't a
(pseudo-ebuild syntax) IUSE="...static" and a if static? (myconf=$myconf
- -Dstatic_option) else ( myconf=$myconf -Ddynamic_option) work? (yeah,
that was really bad pseudo-ebuild code, you get the drift).



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Re: [gentoo-perl] libperl: to keep or merge?

[Christian Hartmann]

> OK, I think I floated this idea a while back, but it was while I was
> trying that zany slotted perl ebuild stuff, and it never made it any
> further. Right now we have an ebuild for libperl to build a the shared
> library, and the in the regular perl ebuild we build a huge honking
> static perl.

I always wondered about that.

> But seriously, do we really need to keep these separate? Wouldn't a
> (pseudo-ebuild syntax) IUSE="...static" and a if static? (myconf=$myconf
> -Dstatic_option) else ( myconf=$myconf -Ddynamic_option) work? (yeah,
> that was really bad pseudo-ebuild code, you get the drift).

That's what the 'static' useflag is for. Let's use it. :)

+1 for merge

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Re: [gentoo-perl] libperl: to keep or merge?

[Elfyn McBratney]

On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 07:32:31AM +0200, Christian Hartmann wrote:
 > > OK, I think I floated this idea a while back, but it was while I was
 > > trying that zany slotted perl ebuild stuff, and it never made it any
 > > further. Right now we have an ebuild for libperl to build a the shared
 > > library, and the in the regular perl ebuild we build a huge honking
 > > static perl.
 > 
 > I always wondered about that.
 > 
 > > But seriously, do we really need to keep these separate? Wouldn't a
 > > (pseudo-ebuild syntax) IUSE="...static" and a if static? (myconf=$myconf
 > > -Dstatic_option) else ( myconf=$myconf -Ddynamic_option) work? (yeah,
 > > that was really bad pseudo-ebuild code, you get the drift).
 > 
 > That's what the 'static' useflag is for. Let's use it. :)
 > 
 > +1 for merge

Same here, for what it's worth. :)

Best,
Elfyn

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Re: [gentoo-perl] libperl: to keep or merge?

[Antoine Raillon]

Quoting Elfyn McBratney <beu@gentoo.org>:

>  > +1 for merge
> Same here, for what it's worth. :)

/me approves merging too =)


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Re: [gentoo-perl] libperl: to keep or merge?

[Aaron Kulbe]

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Merge.

On 8/9/06, Antoine Raillon <antoine.raillon@dragou.net> wrote:
>
> Quoting Elfyn McBratney <beu@gentoo.org>:
>
> >  > +1 for merge
> > Same here, for what it's worth. :)
>
> /me approves merging too =)
>
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Re: [gentoo-perl] libperl: to keep or merge?

[Yuval Yaari]

Michael Cummings wrote:
> OK, I think I floated this idea a while back, but it was while I was
> trying that zany slotted perl ebuild stuff, and it never made it any
> further. Right now we have an ebuild for libperl to build a the shared
> library, and the in the regular perl ebuild we build a huge honking
> static perl.
>
> I can see some of the rationale of this historically - on a fried box, a
> static perl will still run, whereas a dynamic one will be dead if
> /usr/lib is toasted.
>
> But seriously, do we really need to keep these separate? Wouldn't a
> (pseudo-ebuild syntax) IUSE="...static" and a if static? (myconf=$myconf
> - -Dstatic_option) else ( myconf=$myconf -Ddynamic_option) work? (yeah,
> that was really bad pseudo-ebuild code, you get the drift).
>   
$merge++;

Would make SLOTted Perl easier ;-)

  ~Y
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Re: [gentoo-perl] libperl: to keep or merge?

[Michele Beltrame]

Hello!

> > Same here, for what it's worth. :)
> /me approves merging too =)

Merge! And "static" IUSE flag of course. ;-)

Michele.


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