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A substantial fraction of apt is written in perl. It's actually still pretty core to debian, even if applications are using it less.
by rcxdude 1y ago
A substantial fraction of apt is written in perl. It's actually still pretty core to debian, even if applications are using it less.
- julian-klode 1y agoThere is no Perl code in APT itself, nor in dpkg on the installing side; Perl is used by dpkg-dev, i.e. when building packages.
- rcxdude 1y agoAh, my apologies. I must admit I am not entirely clear on where the boundaries are between the different tools and other elements of the debian packaging process.