Re: [Exim] Overhaul of FreeBSD port for Exim

(This message is particularly FreeBSD-specific)

On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:51:01 +1200, "Juha Saarinen" wrote:

> Is the embedded Perl issue sorted out? It's enabled by default in the
> Makefile.

Yes, but not in the way you'd imagine. The PERL_THREADED sample
definition has been removed from /etc/defaults/make.conf and support
for threaded Perl has been removed from FreeBSD (in 4.3-STABLE).
It was brought in prematurely, given that threaded Perl is _still_
experimental.

I'm pretty close to this issue, because pearl threads broke just about
every port I maintain. :-)

So it's safe to embed a Perl interpreter in Exim as long as:

1) You have a FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE snapshot more recent than
2001-05-31 11:43:37 (PDT).

2) You have a FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT snapshot more recent than 2001-05-31
11:43:37 (PDT). This branch of FreeBSD is NOT recommended for
production use at this time.

3) You have an older version of FreeBSD but your Perl interpreter was
not built as part of a ``make PEARL_THREADED=yes world''.

Ciao,
Sheldon.