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Date:      Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:20:52 +0000
From:      David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, bf1783@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
Subject:   Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating
Message-ID:  <201012272220.52407.david@vizion2000.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinmDBMkm%2BuHc0EwY9yG7SmUenHpL=V0R%2BFQ80Vk@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 12/27/10, David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> wrote:
> >> > > > > What concerns me is perl-threaded _is_ installed but it can't
> >> > > > > see it.
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > Do you have in:
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > etc/make.conf
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > PERL_THREADED=true
> >> > > 
> >> > > Perhaps I'm a little daft atm. Either way I want to be clear: Are
> >> > > you saying the define needs to be in the make.conf so that it will
> >> > > build correctly? It _does not_ actually look at what perl is
> >> > > installed?
> >> > > 
> >> > > IF that is the case, then wtf? Either ImageMagick should be checking
> >> > > the actual pkg installed, or the perl port should be defining this
> >> > > in the make.conf, right? Seeing as perl already makes a define in
> >> > > make.conf...
> >> > > 
> >> > > Meanwhile I'll check it out. Cheers
> >> > 
> >> > Yep you need that line in make.conf
> >> 
> >> Who made this claim?  This is not some standard, user-configurable
> >> knob -- it is only used by 5 ports, and each of them assigns a value
> >> to it in the port Makefile.  It shouldn't be set in make.conf.  As for
> >> why it isn't working in Da Rock's case, he hasn't answered any of the
> >> questions I asked him earlier.
> > 
> > I suggest you see an earlier thread on same topic [ImageMagick Upgrade
> > Problem].
> 
> That thread (I'm assuming you're referring to the one in Nov. on
> FreeBSD-ports) is no longer relevant after Doug's commit (which was
> announced in that thread):

That was why I wondered whether all the OP's ports are up to date. 
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/graphics/ImageMagick/Makefile.d
> iff?r1=1.313;r2=1.314
> 
> The suggestion that users set that variable was a temporary hack that
> should never have been needed, were it not for the earlier problems
> with the port, which have since been resolved (in part, anyway).
> PERL_THREADED should only be defined when it is used, and should
> record whether the perl port being used is threaded, and not some
> user-selected value.
> 
Agreed - but  following Doug's  commit I can vouch that the PERL_THREADED hack 
was still needed  for 7.2 p3 systems on amd64.

> The questions I originally asked were in:
> 
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2010-December/225501.h
> tml

The current thread did not make that clear.
> 
> (This thread is a little hard to follow because it's spread between
> two lists, -questions and -ports, with some replies not being sent to
> -ports.)
> 
> > I also wonder if the OP's ports tree is up to date.
> 
> That's a good question.  He mentioned that he was updating a lot of
> ports, so I'm assuming that it is, but it's something that he should
> check.
> 
His comments made me wonder :-;


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