Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:54:48 +0400 From: rihad <rihad@mail.ru> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using Perl 5.8.8 Message-ID: <4B59D858.5030507@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <4B59D4A5.9080503@FreeBSD.org> References: <4B587EBE.8040403@mail.ru> <4B588EED.6080602@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4B5896CA.2030104@mail.ru> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001212130001.58133@pragry.qngnvk.ybpny> <4B59BF28.2010801@mail.ru> <4B59D4A5.9080503@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > On 1/22/2010 7:07 AM, rihad wrote: >> Nope, it doesn't. I now have this in /etc/make.conf: >> USE_PERL=5.8.8 >> PERL_VERSION=5.8.8 >> PERL_PORT=perl5.8 >> >> Nevertheless portmaster -v lang/perl5.8 still tries to fetch perl 5.8.9, > > Portmaster only works with what's in your ports tree, it does not have > any built-in capability to go back in time. If you wanted to use > portmaster to do this you could adjust the port to the version you > wanted and then invoke the command you posted. > > Yup, sure, what I meant was that, given that portmaster runs "make" under cover, the overrides in make.conf don't seem to have any effect in this case. I might as well have cd'd to /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8 && make fetch with the same results. Those settings are probably not intended to be configured by the end user, but rather port maintainer.
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