Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 13:26:52 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: dom@happygiraffe.net (Dominic Mitchell) Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: MAJOR changes to the ports system Message-ID: <xzp8yjd3gfn.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20040207114142.GA92548@ppe.happygiraffe.net> (Dominic Mitchell's message of "Sat, 7 Feb 2004 11:41:43 %2B0000") References: <1075880955.76993.54.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20040205185355.GA92331@eeyore.local.dohd.org> <20040206133401.GA53303@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040207114142.GA92548@ppe.happygiraffe.net>
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dom@happygiraffe.net (Dominic Mitchell) writes: > There's a couple of other bits that need upgrading along with Perl. The > on that bit me last time was autoconf (or automake; can't remember). > Every port that used autoconf failed with "can't find file", even though > autoconf was present. A closer look showed that the hashbang line was > pointing at the old no-longer-present Perl. that's why autoconf and automake register themselves as requiring perl, and pkg_delete won't allow you to deinstall perl without first deinstalling autoconf and automake, unless you force it to. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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