Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:03:25 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Tom Hukins <tom@eborcom.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with p5-* ports Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990314160156.5907A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <19990314175904.A11110@eborcom.com>
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On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Tom Hukins wrote: > Here is my proposal: We add a PERL5_DEPENDS variable. Sure, this > makes bsd.port.mk even bigger, but I count 95 p5-* ports in > /usr/ports/INDEX and 137 ports involve p5-* ports in some way, > possibly as dependencies. PERL5_DEPENDS would run "perl -M$module" > for each item in PERL5_DEPENDS, where $module is the module's name, > eg. Net::FTP, LWP::UserAgent, or whatever. I like this idea. > Also, a PERL5_MODULE variable should be added. If this is defined, > then "do-configure:" would call "perl Makefile.PL", as most p5-* > modules do. This variable would also set "USE_PERL5= YES". I like this idea a lot too. > Comments are welcome. If this is deemed a good idea, I'd be happy to > clean up the ports tree, although I'm not a committer, so that might > cause problems. Once/If the proper hooks are added to bsd.port.mk I would be more then willing to work with you to make the proper patches and commit them. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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