Date: 15 Aug 2001 16:45:39 -0700 From: Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@artlogix.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lang/perl5?! Message-ID: <87snes51lo.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> In-Reply-To: <20010815192832.A94345@databits.net> References: <20010815234603.C41670@heechee.tobez.org> <87zo9052nz.fsf_-_@ralf.artlogix.com> <20010815192832.A94345@databits.net>
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Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net> writes:
| Read the whole Makefile:
|
| # This will need to be "fixed" in ../../Mk/bsd.port.mk as well.
| PERL_VER= 5.6.1
|
| So, you need to make PERL_VER=5.6.1 in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk.
|
| You'll probably want to set PERL_VERSION to 5.6.1 too...
Thanks for pointing that out. As far as I can tell, the relevant section
starts on line 859 of /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk, and goes something like this:
.if ${OSVERSION} >= 500007
PERL_VERSION= 5.6.0
PERL_VER= 5.6.0
PERL_ARCH= mach
.else
.if ${OSVERSION} >= 300000
PERL_VERSION= 5.00503
.else
PERL_VERSION= 5.00502
.endif
PERL_VER= 5.005
PERL_ARCH= ${ARCH}-freebsd
.endif
So what's the best way to "fix" that? So far, it's hardwired into the Makefile
based on the version of FreeBSD you're running (from sysctl -n kern.osreldate).
This strikes me a bit strange. Why not ask Perl directly with `perl -v`? And
why doesn't the Makefile for lang/perl5 override these automatically for the
build and install?
It just seems screwy to me. (And also, off the topic: I didn't know that
FreeBSD 5.0 was based on a Mach kernel. Is it?)
If this were rewritten so that typing "make" would do this:
# cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5/
# make
====> Perl 5.005_03 is already in the system (/usr/bin/perl)!
To install Perl 5.6.1 into /usr/local/bin (which may cause problems
with locally written scripts), use "make FORCE=1"
# _
Then this would be a much simpler matter than hacking Makefiles. I personally
don't care one way or the other---I can navigate these things---but I worry
more about novice sysadmins in this regard who are nonetheless happy Perl
hackers.
So back to the main question: what's the best way to "fix" that? Change it to
something like this?
PERL_VER= 5.6.1
PERL_VERSION= 5.6.1
PERL_ARCH= i386-freebsd
.ifndef ${PERL_VER}
.if ${OSVERSION} >= 500007
PERL_VERSION= 5.6.0
PERL_VER= 5.6.0
PERL_ARCH= mach
.else
.if ${OSVERSION} >= 300000
PERL_VERSION= 5.00503
.else
PERL_VERSION= 5.00502
.endif
PERL_VER= 5.005
PERL_ARCH= ${ARCH}-freebsd
.endif
.endif
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