[MacPorts] #46844: help2man: add support for perl5.{16,18,20}

Lawrence Velázquez larryv at macports.org
Fri Feb 13 12:37:04 PST 2015


> On Feb 13, 2015, at 3:47 AM, MacPorts <noreply at macports.org> wrote:
> 
> #46844: help2man: add support for perl5.{16,18,20}
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> Reporter:  Mathias.Laurin+macports.org@…  |      Owner:  macports-
>     Type:  enhancement                    |  tickets@…
> Priority:  Normal                         |     Status:  new
> Component:  ports                          |  Milestone:
> Keywords:                                 |    Version:  2.3.3
>                                           |       Port:
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> Summary of the changes:
> 
> - depend on perl5 using "PortGroup perl5"
> - provide branches 5.16 5.18 5.20
> 
> Now, help2man compiles with perl 5.18.
> 
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> Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/46844>
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What's our de facto policy on Perl dependencies? I really hate +perlX_YY variants and would rather ports pick a single version and stick with it, but I don't have any skin in the matter. I really just want to know whether it's okay to close tickets like this one as "wontfix".

vq


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