Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:55 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: rihad <rihad@mail.ru> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forcing ports to use Perl 5.8.8 Message-ID: <4AF32EF7.6000405@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4AF28C17.3060907@mail.ru> References: <4AF26A47.1040200@mail.ru> <4AF2800B.1040201@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4AF28B04.2000301@mail.ru> <4AF28C17.3060907@mail.ru>
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rihad wrote: > rihad wrote: >> Matthew Seaman wrote: >>> rihad wrote: >>>> Hello, I need to install security/p5-Digest-HMAC from the ports, but >>>> _only_ with the currently installed Perl 5.8.8, without it being >>>> upgraded to 5.8.9 as a dependency (because some other software dumps >>>> core with Perl 5.8.9). How can I as a user cleanly tell the system >>>> to stay with 5.8.8 and still be able to upgrade any other port, even >>>> all of them? I have in /etc/make.conf: >>>> >>>> PERL_VER=5.8.8 >>>> PERL_VERSION=5.8.8 >>>> >>>> but this isn't enough. >>>> /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.perl.mk has several knobs, which ones can I set in >>>> /etc/make.conf to achieve what I need (stay with perl 5.8.8)? >>> >>> Basically, just don't upgrade perl. The various perl modules will >>> adapt to >>> whatever version is installed. If you use portupgrade(1) et al, add >>> 'perl-*' to the HOLD_PKGS array in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf. If >>> you use portmaster(1), create a file >>> +IGNOREME in /var/db/pkg/perl-5.8.8/ >> >> Yes, I'm using portmaster. Should /var/db/pkg/perl-5.8.8_1/+IGNOREME >> be an empty file? Sure. It doesn't matter if there is anything/nothing in the file, portmaster just tests for its existence. > portmaster manual says: > /var/db/pkg/*/+IGNOREME > If this file exists, several things will happen: > > 1. The port will be ignored for all purposes, including > dependency updates, if there is no directory for it in > /usr/ports, and there is no entry for it in > /usr/ports/MOVED. > > I don't understand the if part. There _is_ a directory for lang/perl5.8 > in ports, so the port _won't_ be ignored? Yeah, looking at that now it doesn't make a lot of sense. :) Is this more clear: The port will be ignored for all purposes. This includes dependency updates even if there is no directory for the port in /usr/ports and there is no entry for it in /usr/ports/MOVED. Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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