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       following boot.</td>
   </tr>
 
+  <tr>
+    <td>Convert base system utilities that rely on Perl</td>
+    <td>--</td>
+    <td>--</td>
+    <td>With perl removed from the base system in 5.0, any existing
+      dependencies on perl must also be converted to a native shell
+      scripting language, C, or be made into packages or ports.
+      Remaining base system tools include mmroff, afmtodit,
+      adduser, and rmuser.</td>
+  </tr>
+
 </table>
 
 <h3>Desired Features for 5.0-RELEASE</h3>
