linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3]: Replace kernel/timeconst.pl with kernel/timeconst.sh

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Message-ID: <49601279.8070603@zytor.com>
Date:	Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:35:53 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
CC:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Embedded Linux mailing list <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3]: Replace kernel/timeconst.pl with kernel/timeconst.sh

Rob Landley wrote:
> 
> I consider this a step up from code with an implicit dependency on a CPAN 
> library.
> 

There is no CPAN library in use.  Math::BigInt is a standard part of
Perl, and the canned values is there only to support extremely old
versions of Perl, or weird system configurations, as a
belt-and-suspenders measure.

	-hpa
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