Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 06:54:37 -0500 (EST) From: Ray Kohler <ataraxia@cox.net> To: kris@obsecurity.org, mark@grondar.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: perl5.6.1 wrapper Message-ID: <200211081154.gA8BsbFK073274@arkadia.nv.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <200211080858.gA88wiCE029745@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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> From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 8 04:15:04 2002 > To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> > Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: perl5.6.1 wrapper > Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 08:58:44 +0000 > From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> > > IMVHO, the perl wrapper should be removed altogether, and the > perl port's "use.port" symlink-creating feature should be used > instead. > > M > > > Can someone explain why the perl wrapper needs to be hardlinked to > > perl5.6.1? > > > > The problem I am seeing is this: > > > > USE_PERL5=yes in a port adds the following BUILD_DEPENDS: > > > > enigma# make -V BUILD_DEPENDS > > perl5.6.1:/usr/ports/lang/perl5 > > > > However 5.0 has perl5.6.1 in the base system still, so this dependency > > is always satisfied, the perl port is never added and the port build > > that relies on it will fail. Then we're back to the problem of there being a complete stale perl in the base system after a 4.X->5.X upgrade, but then, I've always thought that "clean out the cruft" ought to be a mandatory step in upgrading. - @ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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