Re: Port xapian-bindings' dependency on MacPorts' (outdated) ruby port

2015-04-16 Thread Marko Käning
Hi Chris, On 16 Apr 2015, at 09:54 , Chris Jones wrote: > If the port needs ruby it should depend on a macports ruby version and not > rely > on the system one, regardless of what version the system one is. This is > normal > macports behavior, to provide a standard version across all OSX versi

Re: Port xapian-bindings' dependency on MacPorts' (outdated) ruby port

2015-04-16 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 4:40 AM, René J.V. wrote: > Have there been known instances of a major python/perl/ruby version update > in an OS update (as opposed to upgrade)? That's less the problem than installing a later version of some module that doesn't work with whatever Apple is doing with pe

Re: Port xapian-bindings' dependency on MacPorts' (outdated) ruby port

2015-04-16 Thread René J . V . Bertin
On Thursday April 16 2015 09:44:03 Chris Jones wrote: >As far as I am concerned > >https://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#ownlibs > >answers why not quite well. I see no reason to do anything differently >for ruby. And AFAIAC that wasn't the question I asked :) In fact, " Apple has a habit of not up

Re: Port xapian-bindings' dependency on MacPorts' (outdated) ruby port

2015-04-16 Thread Chris Jones
On 16/04/15 09:40, René J.V. Bertin wrote: On Thursday April 16 2015 08:54:30 Chris Jones wrote: If the port needs ruby it should depend on a macports ruby version and not rely on the system one, regardless of what version the system one is. This is normal macports behavior, to provide a standa

Re: Port xapian-bindings' dependency on MacPorts' (outdated) ruby port

2015-04-16 Thread René J . V . Bertin
On Thursday April 16 2015 08:54:30 Chris Jones wrote: >If the port needs ruby it should depend on a macports ruby version and >not rely on the system one, regardless of what version the system one >is. This is normal macports behavior, to provide a standard version >across all OSX versions. It

Re: Port xapian-bindings' dependency on MacPorts' (outdated) ruby port

2015-04-16 Thread Chris Jones
On 16/04/15 08:18, Marko Käning wrote: Hi, I am trying to make use of xapian-bindings, which has a dependency on MacPorts' ruby, which currently results in version 1.8.7 --- $ ruby --version ruby 1.8.7 (2013-06-27 patchlevel 374) [i686-darwin13] --- Now I ask myself, whether this port deliberat

Port xapian-bindings' dependency on MacPorts' (outdated) ruby port

2015-04-16 Thread Marko Käning
Hi, I am trying to make use of xapian-bindings, which has a dependency on MacPorts' ruby, which currently results in version 1.8.7 --- $ ruby --version ruby 1.8.7 (2013-06-27 patchlevel 374) [i686-darwin13] --- Now I ask myself, whether this port deliberately asks for this old version, or whethe