Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:36:52 +0200 From: Jukka Ukkonen <jau789@gmail.com> To: perl@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perl 5.8.1_6 build fails on FreeBSD 9.2 Message-ID: <52C01764.2030801@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52BA321E.1010804@gmail.com> References: <52BA321E.1010804@gmail.com>
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On 12/25/13 03:17, Jukka Ukkonen wrote: > For some reason this is what happens... > > # make install > ===> Installing for perl5.18-5.18.1_6 > ===> Checking if lang/perl5.18 already installed > ./+INSTALL: Permission denied > pkg_add: install script returned error status > *** [install-package] Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/lang/perl5.18. > *** [install] Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/lang/perl5.18. > > > Since perl has spread like a virus as a pre-condition > for other packages this sort of problems obviously > prevent any attempts to update the installed ports. > > Anyhow, season's greetings. > --jau > The reason for this seems to be that some XML file in the perl package contains 8-bit text (someone's name most likely) which cannot be processed using UTF-8 locales. When I set LC_CTYPE to any ISO8859 locale the build works just fine. If the build needs a proper 8-bit ISO8859 locale to work, maybe such a locale should be set automatically in the beginning of the build process. Cheers, --jau
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