On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 14:45, Stephen J Smoogen wrote: > Dax Kelson wrote: > >>xorg-x11-6.7.99.2-2 > >>------------------- > >>* Thu Aug 12 2004 Mike A. Harris <mharris@xxxxxxxxxx> 6.7.99.2-2 > >> > >>- Added code to the rpm pre script to munge the config file to change the > >> "keyboard" driver to "kbd" driver on upgrades, as XOrg no longer supports > >> the old "keyboard" driver. > >>- Use perl -p -i -e in pre rpm script for all config file munging instead of > >> grep and temporary files. > > > > > > Did the policy on no perl in RPM pre/post install scripts change? > > > > There have been many bugzilla bugs filed and fixed over the years > > removing perl from rpm scripts. > > > > Wow. I havent seen a good religous war in some time. Will be burning > Larry Wall or Guido today? Its getting cold out soon so how about > burning them both and the rest of the heretics who do not use awk. > > [Sorry.. just had a long 'discussion' on how Debian was the one true OS > and RH/Fedora/Gentoo heretics were the cause of all problems on the > earth.. I didnt figure I would see one here too.] Nah. This is not a religious thing. And my post wasn't meant as a troll. Read all the justification posts about lean installs without perl, etc. Dax
