From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 1 17:21:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4268E1065680 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:21:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from blue.stonehenge.com (cl-52.chi-02.us.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:4978:f:33::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 170348FC1E for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:21:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 695001DE2C2; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:21:48 -0800 (PST) To: Matthew Seaman References: <86zl2tkrrv.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <6201873e1002281349n2bcfd16dte6fdce53cd14c1db@mail.gmail.com> <86iq9hkoxf.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <6201873e1002281738o35444a7ahcc184951f712f0a7@mail.gmail.com> <86ocj8kee0.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <6201873e1002281742i687c2d41y44e3e0f97f35166f@mail.gmail.com> <86k4twke6h.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <4B8B8EF4.9040806@infracaninophile.co.uk> From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.17.2.14; tzolkin = 5 Ix; haab = 12 Kayab Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:21:48 -0800 In-Reply-To: <4B8B8EF4.9040806@infracaninophile.co.uk> (Matthew Seaman's message of "Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:55:00 +0000") Message-ID: <86pr3ohs9f.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do I tell ports that perl5.8 should never be installed? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:21:49 -0000 >>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Seaman writes: Matthew> For best results, install from ports rather than packages. If it's Matthew> pure-perl code, then this should be hardly more onerous than installing Matthew> a compiled package. XS code however will chew up some CPU cycles. I don't mind installing from ports once I've been notified that the package won't work because it wants perl5.8. What I want is a way to tell the port/package system that perl5.8 doesn't exist so that it *will* fail. How do I do that? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion