Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 00:30:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/51554: p5-File-Spec is too picky Message-ID: <200304290730.h3T7UB3Z064352@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/51554; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org>
To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, dburr@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/51554: p5-File-Spec is too picky
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:29:15 +0200
On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 05:12:30PM +1000, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> >Synopsis: p5-File-Spec is too picky
> The makefile for devel/p5-File-Spec says:
> .if ${PERL_LEVEL} > 500600
> IGNORE= This port is for perl 5.6.0 and under only.
> .endif
> The makefile for www/p5-WWW-Search says:
> .if ${PERL_LEVEL} < 500800
> BUILD_DEPENDS+= ${SITE_PERL}/File/Spec.pm:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-File-Spec \
> ${LOCALBASE}/lib/perl5/site_perl/${PERL_VER}/Test/More.pm:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Test-Simple
> .endif
> I don't know who to believe, it's either p5-File-Spec which is too
> picky and should allow 5.6.1 to install p5-File-Spec too or
> p5-WWW-Search which is not strict enough and should check for 5.6.0
> and lower.
> Any suggestions?
I would say, both. perl 5.6.1 is supplied with File::Spec 0.82 - the
same version as p5-File-Spec in the ports. So at least, there is no
harm done. On the other hand, WWW-Search wants at least 0.82, so it
could accept 5.6.1 without any probs.
Cheers,
%Anton.
--
Perl is strongly typed, it just has very few types. -- Dan Sugalski
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