If the package supplies tests, they can be run by MacPorts. Watch Dog <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Stefan Gräf <[email protected]> >wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> I am getting a config error when installing p5.12-class-container >> under MacPorts v2.1.1 on Lion. Any help how to resolve this would be >> very much appreciated. >> >> Many thanks, >> Stefan > >I have not yet found a packaging system (macports, fink, pkgsrc, >homebrew, ...) that copes well with the needs of serious Perl coding >on OS X. They all eventually fall over, in my experience[*]. If you >do more than casual Perl hacking, do yourself a favor. Install >perlbrew, then install cpanminus (bundled with perlbrew). As an added >bonus, set up a private CPAN mirror (either a mini or the whole >magilla) and tell cpanminus how to find it. Congratulate yourself. >Don't look back. You won't regret it. > >[*] The macports-installed Perl has worked OK for me for the >occasional modules that are required by other ports. Those should get >proper testing as part of creation/test of the ports in question. > >WD >_______________________________________________ >macports-users mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
