Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:29:07 +0400 From: Sergey Skvortsov <skv@FreeBSD.org> To: Cheng-Lung Sung <clsung@iis.sinica.edu.tw> Cc: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PERL_LEVEL conditional dependencies Message-ID: <411A5763.80702@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <411A46DA.6030600@iis.sinica.edu.tw> References: <411A46DA.6030600@iis.sinica.edu.tw>
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Cheng-Lung Sung wrote: > I think it's time to have a bsd.perl.mk :p > I think your patch for p5-File-Temp: .if ${PERL_LEVEL} > 500800 IGNORE= "This module is already included in perl 5.8.x and later." .endif is senseless and detrimental. All p5-ports with IGNORE like "This module is already included in perl X.Y.Z" should be cleaned up. There is only one exception: if module on CPAN is completely obsolete and it's version in perl distribution is and will be undoubtedly newer. Typical examples are devel/p5-IO and devel/p5-Devel-DProf. -- Sergey Skvortsov mailto: skv@FreeBSD.org
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