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Subject: ports/4493: perl5 port fails to compile
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>Number:         4493
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       perl5 port fails to compile
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep  8 03:50:01 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Kapil Chowksey
>Organization:
Hughes Software Systems
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

	FreeBSD-2.2.1-RELEASE

	perl5 port based on perl-5.00401 distribution 

	>	DISTNAME=       perl5.004_01
	>	PKGNAME=        perl-5.00401

>Description:

	The perl5 port fails to compile - there is a makefile loop in
	the perl5 distribution which results in perl5's Configure
	script to loop endlessly in 'makedepend'. Use of gnumake
	doesen't solve this problem.

>How-To-Repeat:

	$ uname -rs
	FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE
	$ cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5
	$ make configure
	...	

	[gets stuck up in an endless 'makedepend' loop]

>Fix:

	Include this patch in the perl5 port -

--- makedepend.SH.orig  Mon Sep  8 21:27:36 1997
+++ makedepend.SH       Mon Sep  8 21:29:04 1997
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     # to be out of date.  I don't know if OS/2 has touch, so do this:
     case "$osname" in
     os2) ;;
+    freebsd) ;;
     *) $touch $firstmakefile ;;
     esac
 fi
>Audit-Trail:
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