On 2/5/2010 12:09 PM, Alan McKay wrote: > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:45 PM,<m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >> Never had a problem with perl updates breaking anything. I do remember a >> few years back, when it seemed as though any time I tried to install or >> upgrade something that was in python, it *ALWAYS* wanted a different >> subrelease, and upgrading that would break everything else in python.... > > No problems with updates - just problems assuming it is on ever box out there. > > We removed it from the Nortel BCM because the perl installation > accounted for more than half the space on our embedded Linux. Can you put a realistic price on what the extra resources would cost these days? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com