Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:10:17 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: perl@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rebuild all ports for perl minor version update? Message-ID: <20130614101017.GI44980@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <20130614054941.66ea1913@scorpio> References: <88415.98533.bm@smtp104.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <51BAD1D7.5020500@marino.st> <20130614054941.66ea1913@scorpio>
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--4LwthZj+AV2mq5CX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 05:49:41AM -0400, Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:18:31 +0200 > John Marino articulated: >=20 > > According to OpenBSD's Marc Espie on a pkgsrc list, a lot of > > established scripts will break on perl 5.18. Apparently it is not > > highly backwards compatible. > >=20 > > A large % of the perl packages would cease to build if they just > > moved to 5.18. A minor upgrade is definitely better. >=20 > So what does that mean for the future of Perl-5.18 & FreeBSD? I haven't > seen any unusual chatter in other forums for other OSs regarding a > problem with Perl-5.18. Hell, even SlashDot has not had any negative > chatter that I am aware of and they are always the first to jump on any > software problem, real or imaginary. Is this a FreeBSD "specific" > problem and if so, what is being done to eradicate it? >=20 This is not a FreeBSD "specific" problem given that Marc Espie is from Open= BSD and so was speaking of problems found on OpenBSD. using google I found the = said mail quite quickly: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2013/06/03/msg011435.html Where Marc gives example of changes in perl 5.18 that can lead to breakage. regards, Bapt --4LwthZj+AV2mq5CX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlG67AkACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EwsyQCgkJSDpFtTeaxViQUtFYMk6FYt feMAn3G11YS/EbryEaNeTjVPCGV/SGTm =C+UO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4LwthZj+AV2mq5CX--
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