From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 20:18:19 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37C5316A4EC for ; Mon, 9 May 2005 20:18:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D521D43D6B for ; Mon, 9 May 2005 20:18:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-ports@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DVEZp-0006z4-Fb for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Mon, 09 May 2005 22:10:05 +0200 Received: from pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net ([68.83.169.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 09 May 2005 22:10:05 +0200 Received: from apeiron+usenet by pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 09 May 2005 22:10:05 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org From: Christopher Nehren Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 20:05:40 +0000 (UTC) Organization: /usr/bin/false Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <427F8791.5070009@innerewut.de> <427FA3C7.7040607@happygiraffe.net> <427FA941.5060308@innerewut.de> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news Subject: Re: Error during update of mail/mutt X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 20:18:19 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-05-09, Jonathan Weiss scribbled these curious markings: > That resolved the problem. automake had perl-5.8.5 in the shebang-line > while I had 5.8.6 installed. Why does automake hardcode the perl version? Because the developers aren't too bright. If they were, the autotools wouldn't give FreeBSD users splitting headaches every time they try to use them outside of the ports tree. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCf8Rbk/lo7zvzJioRArsRAJwPj41kSryvVk7A/HLthzZGacDEVACgkikH 9vTtqokCedS6D5elKUhKmhY= =nWqO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.