Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:21:48 -0800 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do I tell ports that perl5.8 should never be installed? Message-ID: <86pr3ohs9f.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <4B8B8EF4.9040806@infracaninophile.co.uk> (Matthew Seaman's message of "Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:55:00 %2B0000") References: <86zl2tkrrv.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <6201873e1002281349n2bcfd16dte6fdce53cd14c1db@mail.gmail.com> <86iq9hkoxf.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <6201873e1002281738o35444a7ahcc184951f712f0a7@mail.gmail.com> <86ocj8kee0.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <6201873e1002281742i687c2d41y44e3e0f97f35166f@mail.gmail.com> <86k4twke6h.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <4B8B8EF4.9040806@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> writes: Matthew> For best results, install from ports rather than packages. If it's Matthew> pure-perl code, then this should be hardly more onerous than installing Matthew> a compiled package. XS code however will chew up some CPU cycles. I don't mind installing from ports once I've been notified that the package won't work because it wants perl5.8. What I want is a way to tell the port/package system that perl5.8 doesn't exist so that it *will* fail. How do I do that? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion
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