From owner-freebsd-perl@freebsd.org Thu May 12 12:50:58 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-perl@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5CF9B2F6D5 for ; Thu, 12 May 2016 12:50:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michelle@sorbs.net) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A62231025 for ; Thu, 12 May 2016 12:50:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michelle@sorbs.net) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id A5893B2F6D2; Thu, 12 May 2016 12:50:58 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: perl@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5319B2F6CF for ; Thu, 12 May 2016 12:50:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michelle@sorbs.net) Received: from hades.sorbs.net (mail.sorbs.net [67.231.146.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 973FE1023; Thu, 12 May 2016 12:50:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michelle@sorbs.net) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from isux.com (firewall.isux.com [213.165.190.213]) by hades.sorbs.net (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.29.0 64bit (built Jul 9 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0O720090JEP1GV00@hades.sorbs.net>; Thu, 12 May 2016 05:58:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: p5-Net-3.08,1 fails to configure.... To: Mathieu Arnold , perl@freebsd.org References: <57339791.4060406@sorbs.net> From: Michelle Sullivan Message-id: <57347C2F.4040200@sorbs.net> Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 14:50:55 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:43.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/43.0 SeaMonkey/2.40 In-reply-to: X-BeenThere: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: maintainer of a number of perl-related ports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 12:50:58 -0000 Mathieu Arnold wrote: > > +--On 11 mai 2016 22:35:29 +0200 Michelle Sullivan > wrote: > | =================================================== > | ===> Configuring for p5-Net-3.08,1 > | ExtUtils::MakeMaker version 6.64 required--this is only version 6.6302 at > | ./Makefile.PL line 25. > | BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./Makefile.PL line 25. > | *** Error code 255 > > To get ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.63_02, you need to have Perl 5.16. > > Perl 5.16 has been removed from the tree at the end of 2015. > > Most compat shims were then removed. > > Please, use a supported (that is, unpatched) ports tree. > > Kind regards, > Up to you what you do with it. I'm just posting the fixes... if you want to keep breaking stuff by forcing upgrades your userbase will keep shrinking. If you don't want to foolproof just let me know and I won't both posting any more patches. -- Michelle Sullivan http://www.mhix.org/