[resending with the correct from addr for the list...]
On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 10:05:14AM +1100, Joshua Root wrote:
> On 2010-12-7 02:17 , Daniel J. Luke wrote:
> > On Dec 4, 2010, at 7:41 PM, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
> >>
> >> ricci and narf_tm (and whoever knows which port should take precedence):
> >> I came across p5-extutils-makemaker colliding with perl5.8 over at least
> >> /opt/local/bin/instmodsh.
> >>
> >> Which version of the file should be removed in the Portfile?
> >
> > did you diff them? Sometimes (we get lucky) and there are no important
> > differences in the files, so the module (which is probably newer) can just
> > not install the file if it's already there.
>
> This, and related problems like <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/24025>,
> should all be fixed by a patch that makes the +mangle_names behaviour
> the default and makes perl5 create unversioned links to the
> nonconflicting binaries. It's just waiting on Eric's approval.
>
> - Josh
>
I'm doing a final round of testing on the stack of
patches to alter the perl5{.{8,10,12}} ports so that they don't
conflict with each other or various modules installed
by p5-*. Ideally I can also commit these today.
-eric
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