Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 08:54:30 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Torsten_Z=c3=bchlsdorff?= <mailinglists@toco-domains.de> To: Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: automation of perl port creation from cpan Message-ID: <56CEB336.8020208@toco-domains.de> In-Reply-To: <6c65d383425d9720eae1dc5e3368a0bf@ultimatedns.net> References: <1456310441.2840611.530361410.300FD5FB@webmail.messagingengine.com> <5B6EA9F9-AD60-4D59-9DD1-FD1C833F429A@waschbuesch.de> <20160224141348.GF26283@home.opsec.eu> <6c65d383425d9720eae1dc5e3368a0bf@ultimatedns.net>
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Hello, On 24.02.2016 17:38, Chris H wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:13:48 +0100 Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> wrote >>>> I have a perl app that I'd like to move to FreeBSD. It currently has a >>>> whole list of cpan dependencies. Is there any partial automation of >>>> generating ports from CPAN directly? Something similar to py-pytoport >>>> for example. >>> >>> You could have a look at App::Pm2Port >>> (https://metacpan.org/pod/App::Pm2Port) >> >> Last change: January 2010, so it's probably not modern enough for the >> newer infrastructure ? > Good point. I wonder if a shell script might not be a better > approach to accomplish the desired goal; it'd be easier to > keep up to date with the evolving ports framework, and wouldn't > require any additional [external] dependencies. Is there anything > in under Mk/ that might be added to, or used as a starting point? Just as side-note: Michael Fausten and myself currently working at an application which creates, tests and submits port-updates automatically. We aim to start with Rubygems and CPan. If you start working at creation of such a port, let us know. Maybe there is some synergy :) Greetings, Torsten
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