Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:49:36 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Perl5.24.2? Message-ID: <527a4d83-443a-2843-9f27-842002710166@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <9172c06a79667cf19cb8df58baafb2f3.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <9172c06a79667cf19cb8df58baafb2f3.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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On 14/09/17 16:23, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote: > I am trying to build a perl module (p5-DBD-Pg) which has the following > setting in its Makefile: > > USE_PERL5=configure > > However, this gives the error that perl5.24.2 cannot be found. > Perl5.24.1 is the version available through the package manager. I am > not comfortable with replacing the current version of Perl system-wide > so I would like to simply have the module build with installed > version. > > If I set USE_PERL5=5.24+ then the make file fails. If I set > USE_PERL5=5.24+ configure then it goes back to asking for and failing > to find perl5.24.2. How do I tell the module to use perl5.24.1 AND > get it to configure? Going from perl-5.24.1 to perl-5.24.2 is not a particularly risky operation, although it might result in some churn with packages being re-installed. You may well find that biting the bullet and upgrading generally is your fastest route to a solution and a quiet life... I take it you're building this from source rather than using the pre-compiled packages? In which case, you'ld need to check out a copy of the ports tree prior to the update of perl5.24.1 to 5.24.2. Looks like you want r446021. p5-DBD-Pg hasn't been updated in months, so this will not be affected by reverting to a slightly older version of the ports. Note the pkg repository for the /quarterly/ packages (which is what you get by default) will have perl-5.24.1 since that's what was current at the end of June when the 2017Q3 branch was created. For pkgs that match what is currently in the ports tree, use the /latest/ packages. Cheers, Matthew
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