Date: 15 Aug 2001 16:45:39 -0700 From: Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@artlogix.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lang/perl5?! Message-ID: <87snes51lo.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> In-Reply-To: <20010815192832.A94345@databits.net> References: <20010815234603.C41670@heechee.tobez.org> <87zo9052nz.fsf_-_@ralf.artlogix.com> <20010815192832.A94345@databits.net>
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Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net> writes: | Read the whole Makefile: | | # This will need to be "fixed" in ../../Mk/bsd.port.mk as well. | PERL_VER= 5.6.1 | | So, you need to make PERL_VER=5.6.1 in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk. | | You'll probably want to set PERL_VERSION to 5.6.1 too... Thanks for pointing that out. As far as I can tell, the relevant section starts on line 859 of /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk, and goes something like this: .if ${OSVERSION} >= 500007 PERL_VERSION= 5.6.0 PERL_VER= 5.6.0 PERL_ARCH= mach .else .if ${OSVERSION} >= 300000 PERL_VERSION= 5.00503 .else PERL_VERSION= 5.00502 .endif PERL_VER= 5.005 PERL_ARCH= ${ARCH}-freebsd .endif So what's the best way to "fix" that? So far, it's hardwired into the Makefile based on the version of FreeBSD you're running (from sysctl -n kern.osreldate). This strikes me a bit strange. Why not ask Perl directly with `perl -v`? And why doesn't the Makefile for lang/perl5 override these automatically for the build and install? It just seems screwy to me. (And also, off the topic: I didn't know that FreeBSD 5.0 was based on a Mach kernel. Is it?) If this were rewritten so that typing "make" would do this: # cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5/ # make ====> Perl 5.005_03 is already in the system (/usr/bin/perl)! To install Perl 5.6.1 into /usr/local/bin (which may cause problems with locally written scripts), use "make FORCE=1" # _ Then this would be a much simpler matter than hacking Makefiles. I personally don't care one way or the other---I can navigate these things---but I worry more about novice sysadmins in this regard who are nonetheless happy Perl hackers. So back to the main question: what's the best way to "fix" that? Change it to something like this? PERL_VER= 5.6.1 PERL_VERSION= 5.6.1 PERL_ARCH= i386-freebsd .ifndef ${PERL_VER} .if ${OSVERSION} >= 500007 PERL_VERSION= 5.6.0 PERL_VER= 5.6.0 PERL_ARCH= mach .else .if ${OSVERSION} >= 300000 PERL_VERSION= 5.00503 .else PERL_VERSION= 5.00502 .endif PERL_VER= 5.005 PERL_ARCH= ${ARCH}-freebsd .endif .endif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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