Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 21:10:54 +0200 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: "Trevor S. Cornpropst" <tcornpropst@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request information from Perl port gurus Message-ID: <20031008191054.GD52154@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <200310081447.38517.tcornpropst@cox.net> References: <200310081447.38517.tcornpropst@cox.net>
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On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 02:47:38PM -0400, Trevor S. Cornpropst wrote:
>=20
> 1. Is there an exemplary Perl port I could use for reference as the right=
way=20
> to do it? There seems to be several different approaches.
There's no real "reference" port, but a quick look at my ports shows
that finance/p5-Business-OnlinePayment-2CheckOut shows most things. It
even has a post-patch to fix some 5.005_03 issues to confuse a new
porter :-)
> 2. During my testing of the port I discovered that a pure Perl type of mo=
dule=20
> install (perl Makefile.PL ... make ... make test ... make install) regist=
ered=20
> the package with the FreeBSD package database. This is really cool and ma=
kes=20
> life much easier. Is there a preferred method for creating Perl ports (i.=
e.=20
> the standard FreeBSD ports way or BSDPAN)?
>=20
PERL_CONFIGURE should take care of all of these concerns.
If you want, you're welcome to send your port directly to me and I'll revie=
w and
give you some hints.
Cheers,
-erwin
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