Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:04:01 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: "Jason R. Mastaler" <jason-dated-88ce477cf68fd550@mastaler.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: building perl 5.6.0 with `-DPERL_POLLUTE' Message-ID: <20010314130400.L29888@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20010314204311.1917.qmail@nightshade.la.mastaler.com>; from jason-dated-88ce477cf68fd550@mastaler.com on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 08:43:11PM -0000 References: <20010314204311.1917.qmail@nightshade.la.mastaler.com>
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* Jason R. Mastaler <jason-dated-88ce477cf68fd550@mastaler.com> [010314 12:43] wrote: > I've noticed that lots of the perl ports are now broken since the move > to perl 5.6.0. Some examples: > > http://bento.freebsd.org/errorlogs/5-full/p5-Crypt-IDEA-1.01.log > http://bento.freebsd.org/errorlogs/5-full/p5-Devel-Peek-0.96.log > > With these two in particular, the problem can be fixed by compiling > perl with `-DPERL_POLLUTE' to get back the missing preprocessor > definitions. Would it be worth it to compile the default 5.x perl in > this manner? No. I'd rather not keep other people's cruft in our system. It will eventually go away, and the longer we keep it as a crutch, the more people are going to be hurt by it when/if it disappears completely. Those people need to fix thier modules. :) -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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