Is fixpaths the only perl dependency?

[Damien Miller]

On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Mo DeJong wrote:

> I took a quick peek at the fixpaths script
> and it does not look too complex, seems
> like something an AWK script would be
> able to handle. The fixprogs looks
> more complex, it is used during the
> build process or just for testing
> ala "make check" ?

It is used for building if you are using the builtin random number 
collection routines.

> I am willing to hack up an awk script
> to take the place of fixpaths if it
> will be accepted into the next release.

I am not really that keen on fixing what isn't broken. If you need to
do it for other reasons then sure - go ahead, but IMO you energy would
be better spent on one of the TODO items :)

-d

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