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Date:      Thu, 12 May 2016 18:38:47 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Henk van Oers <henk.van.oers@xs4all.nl>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net>, perl@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: p5-Net-3.08,1 fails to configure....
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.20.1605121828330.75185@ans.signature.nl>
In-Reply-To: <544C44B2A664D9A5EF0BFC7E@ogg.in.absolight.net>
References:  <57339791.4060406@sorbs.net> <CBEB0A7A3563D5F1476DD535@atuin.in.mat.cc> <57347C2F.4040200@sorbs.net> <544C44B2A664D9A5EF0BFC7E@ogg.in.absolight.net>

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On Thu, 12 May 2016, Mathieu Arnold wrote:

> +--On 12 mai 2016 14:50:55 +0200 Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net>
> wrote:
> | Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> |>
> |> +--On 11 mai 2016 22:35:29 +0200 Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net>
> |> wrote:
> |> | =======================<phase: configure >============================
> |> | ===>  Configuring for p5-Net-3.08,1
> |> | ExtUtils::MakeMaker version 6.64 required--this is only version 6.6302
> |> | at ./Makefile.PL line 25.
> |> | BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./Makefile.PL line 25.
> |> | *** Error code 255
> |>
> |> To get ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.63_02, you need to have Perl 5.16.
> |>
> |> Perl 5.16 has been removed from the tree at the end of 2015.
> |>
> |> Most compat shims were then removed.

"Most" but not all.

> |>
> |> Please, use a supported (that is, unpatched) ports tree.
> |>
> |> Kind regards,
> |>
> | Up to you what you do with it.  I'm just posting the fixes... if you want
> | to keep breaking stuff by forcing upgrades your userbase will keep
> | shrinking.
> |
> | If you don't want to foolproof just let me know and I won't both posting
> | any more patches.
>
> I don't mind patches fixing the FreeBSD ports tree.  Your patches don't fix
> the FreeBSD ports tree, they fix your ports tree.
>
> Perl 5.16 has not been supported for a year, it was removed last year, so
> it is not supported by the ports tree.

Some ports support running on 5.8 (eg Dancer).
What harm can a ExtUtils::MakeMaker requirement do?

-- Henk



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