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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