From owner-freebsd-perl@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 14 10:10:22 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: perl@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F08DCDC; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:10:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baptiste.daroussin@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-x232.google.com (mail-wg0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2894156D; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:10:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f50.google.com with SMTP id k14so326907wgh.5 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:10:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=0IgEmwnliejM+4MTAGgRjb1E+qbrKCdiSCoZf64k8sE=; b=X9uf8u/YLv0hsbppTg/VXx+stwKWlgxKQEk+xvpJoIYZuIT9ORq642684G0oFakdAw xsJ2AN9FlJByXTHHe1a3yaumnOo5+l9BKzxuVAOz6hpyVYagGsfmMsFFzZZFK9TaWI08 YH/IRSuty+bJ/1gZv+cSdDm491NFPzBcY9Ir2ITt099F+TeM/LV93Scpy3VUEMRvYob7 PXHfG2VfNZT/7CMcoL4j+bFRP5CwSpv7n/B7K1MTAeH89mTzzDKPfcbxkeP8FGcGuxIu NiwAb+LHAnXLahi6EEP+cSVMVxPohINQ1e0uVaCok7xYPV45G3G0j0entHUdYRtDRLsH ImkA== X-Received: by 10.180.212.74 with SMTP id ni10mr909214wic.41.1371204621058; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:10:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ithaqua.etoilebsd.net (ithaqua.etoilebsd.net. [37.59.37.188]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id e5sm2059471wiy.5.2013.06.14.03.10.19 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:10:19 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Baptiste Daroussin Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:10:17 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rebuild all ports for perl minor version update? Message-ID: <20130614101017.GI44980@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <88415.98533.bm@smtp104.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <51BAD1D7.5020500@marino.st> <20130614054941.66ea1913@scorpio> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4LwthZj+AV2mq5CX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130614054941.66ea1913@scorpio> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: perl@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: maintainer of a number of perl-related ports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:10:22 -0000 --4LwthZj+AV2mq5CX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 05:49:41AM -0400, Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:18:31 +0200 > John Marino articulated: >=20 > > According to OpenBSD's Marc Espie on a pkgsrc list, a lot of > > established scripts will break on perl 5.18. Apparently it is not > > highly backwards compatible. > >=20 > > A large % of the perl packages would cease to build if they just > > moved to 5.18. A minor upgrade is definitely better. >=20 > So what does that mean for the future of Perl-5.18 & FreeBSD? I haven't > seen any unusual chatter in other forums for other OSs regarding a > problem with Perl-5.18. Hell, even SlashDot has not had any negative > chatter that I am aware of and they are always the first to jump on any > software problem, real or imaginary. Is this a FreeBSD "specific" > problem and if so, what is being done to eradicate it? >=20 This is not a FreeBSD "specific" problem given that Marc Espie is from Open= BSD and so was speaking of problems found on OpenBSD. using google I found the = said mail quite quickly: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2013/06/03/msg011435.html Where Marc gives example of changes in perl 5.18 that can lead to breakage. regards, Bapt --4LwthZj+AV2mq5CX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlG67AkACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EwsyQCgkJSDpFtTeaxViQUtFYMk6FYt feMAn3G11YS/EbryEaNeTjVPCGV/SGTm =C+UO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4LwthZj+AV2mq5CX--