Re: [lfs-dev] Perl and Groff, plus some issues with BLFS

2012-11-15 Thread Armin K.
On 11/15/2012 10:07 PM, Wolf wrote: > > It seems my earlier reply went not to the list, but to Bruce directly. > That was my fault. I meant to ask why Groff is installed after Perl, > seeing as the appendix states that Perl depends on Groff. It's not > extremely important, but it's strange. In addi

Re: [lfs-dev] Perl and Groff, plus some issues with BLFS

2012-11-15 Thread Wolf
On 11/10/2012 4:31 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Wolf wrote: >> Why is Perl installed after Groff? > > It's not. Groff uses perl and it is hard coded as /usr/bin/perl in > several places. > >If Groff was installed before Perl, >> the man1dir and man3dir arguments to Perl's configure could be omitte

Re: [lfs-dev] Perl and Groff, plus some issues with BLFS

2012-11-10 Thread Wolf
On 11/10/2012 4:31 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Wolf wrote: >> Why is Perl installed after Groff? > > It's not. Groff uses perl and it is hard coded as /usr/bin/perl in > several places. > >If Groff was installed before Perl, >> the man1dir and man3dir arguments to Perl's configure could be omitte

Re: [lfs-dev] Perl and Groff, plus some issues with BLFS

2012-11-10 Thread Wolf
On 11/10/2012 4:31 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Wolf wrote: >> Why is Perl installed after Groff? > > It's not. Groff uses perl and it is hard coded as /usr/bin/perl in > several places. > >If Groff was installed before Perl, >> the man1dir and man3dir arguments to Perl's configure could be omitte

Re: [lfs-dev] Perl and Groff, plus some issues with BLFS

2012-11-10 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Wolf wrote: > Why is Perl installed after Groff? It's not. Groff uses perl and it is hard coded as /usr/bin/perl in several places. If Groff was installed before Perl, > the man1dir and man3dir arguments to Perl's configure could be omitted, > as far as I know. Why is that important? --