Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 23:15:29 +0200 From: Anton Berezin <tobez@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/39337: p5-PodParser finding wrong p5-File-Spec module Message-ID: <20020615211529.GA72679@heechee.tobez.org> In-Reply-To: <3D0B8CD5.D1A4B7EA@FreeBSD.org> References: <200206151640.g5FGe3l26514@freefall.freebsd.org> <3D0B8CD5.D1A4B7EA@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 11:52:05AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Anton Berezin wrote: > > > > The following reply was made to PR ports/39337; it has been noted by GNATS. > > > > From: Anton Berezin <tobez@FreeBSD.org> > > To: "Christopher H. Laco" <chris.laco@threetech.com> > > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > > Subject: Re: ports/39337: p5-PodParser finding wrong p5-File-Spec module > > Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 18:34:01 +0200 > > > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 08:46:41AM -0700, Christopher H. Laco wrote: > > > > > >Synopsis: p5-PodParser finding wrong p5-File-Spec module > > > > This is a known (and dreaded) problem of updating perl modules that are > > included in the standard perl distribution. > > > > Currently, you have two easy options to solve it: remove the Spec.pm > > that is located in /usr/libdata/somewhere, or install recent version of > > lang/perl5 port, which does not have this problem. > > What about giving the user the opportunity to overwrite the system > version? Having both on the system doesn't really buy you anything, > because perl is (almost) always going to find the system version anyway? That's what the current perl port does, more or less - it puts the SITELIB and SITEARCH paths before PRIVLIB and ARCHLIB paths in @INC. The same can be easily done to the base system perl - I've got to discuss it with Mark - but it will only be useful to the followers of -stable and not to the -release users. =Anton. -- | Anton Berezin | FreeBSD: The power to serve | | catpipe Systems ApS _ _ |_ | http://www.FreeBSD.org | | tobez@catpipe.net (_(_|| | tobez@FreeBSD.org | | +45 7021 0050 | Private: tobez@tobez.org | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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