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Re: [perl #60738] Something missing in Config(3perl)

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From:
H.Merijn Brand
Date:
November 23, 2008 00:13
Subject:
Re: [perl #60738] Something missing in Config(3perl)
Message ID:
20081123091339.5154523b@pc09.procura.nl
On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:29:16 -0800, "rrt@sc3d.org (via RT)"
<perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:

>  "mv"
>            From Loc.U:
> 
>            This variable is defined but not used by Configure.  The value is a
>            plain ’’ and is not useful.
> 
> A plain what?

What is unclear about "a plain ''"? It is an empty string.

> (The groff source is equally unhelpful, there really is nothing there.)

Correct. Nothing to see, please move on.

<longer explanation>
Configure uses 'dist' to generate Configure, and 'dist' defines 'mv',
but perl doesn't use it. I will not overrule the part of dist that
defines 'mv' just to make this unused variable go away.
</longer explanation>

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