Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 17:52:40 +0200 From: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> To: Volker Stolz <vs@lambda.foldr.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wrangling with dependency on specific perl version Message-ID: <3DB02E48.AE21EFA8@liwing.de> References: <20021018142654.GA61644@lambda.foldr.org>
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Volker Stolz wrote:
>
> Would the following be acceptable to prevent this port
> from being built on host like 4.6 which don't have a
> required in-tree version of perl?
>
> ---->
> .if ${OSVERSION} < 500007
> BROKEN= "This port requires perl >= 5.006 to build! If you have the required version installed as a port, please manually remove
> this warning from the Makefile"
> .endif
> <----
>
> Somehow I didn't manage to write a test based on
> PERL_VER[SION]. I figured that BROKEN is better than
> IGNORE because the user gets instant feedback.
Hi Volker,
What's the problem with PERL_VER? AFAIK you can either write a line
PERL_VER=5.6.1
in your /etc/make.conf or you simply require the right perl executeable
in your port Makefile.
You can support some switches like -DWITH_PERL56 -DWITH_PERL58, etc.
in your Makefile.
Bye,
Jens
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