On Jan 17, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote:
> > On Jan 17, 2014, at 16:49, macsforever2...@macports.org wrote: > >> Revision >> 116085 >> Author >> macsforever2...@macports.org >> Date >> 2014-01-17 14:49:13 -0800 (Fri, 17 Jan 2014) >> Log Message >> >> demeter: Require perl 5.16. symlink main binaries into path. >> Modified Paths >> >> • trunk/dports/science/demeter/Portfile > >> +require_active_variants \ >> + perl5 perl5_16 > > Shouldn’t you depend on perl5.16 instead of perl5 and ensure you’re using > /opt/local/bin/perl5.16 instead of /opt/local/bin/perl? The symlinks > installed by the perl5 port, like the symlinks installed by “port select”, > are ideally intended for the user’s convenience, not something other ports > should rely upon. Thanks for the feedback. Any p5.16-* dependency will already add perl-5.16. I just felt it was confusing for new Macports users installing this port to also get perl5.12 installed. I suppose this is part of the problem of the Macports perl default version being only 5.12 and needing to be updated to a more modern version. I know we’ve had perl discussions before and it ultimately did not get changed so far. I think we should simply update the default perl - in the perl5 port at least - to 5.16. When more perl 5.18 subports are added, we can move up to that. I think the big stumbling block is the desire to change all perl ports to the new default immediately. I don’t have the time right now to be that thorough. And no one in particular is attending to all of the perl ports. Cheers! -Frank _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
