[MacPorts] #16830: RFE: Have only one perl5 package

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#16830: RFE: Have only one perl5 package
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  Reporter:  mcalhoun at macports.org  |       Owner:  mcalhoun at macports.org
      Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  assigned             
  Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:  Port Enhancements    
 Component:  ports                  |     Version:  1.6.0                
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Comment(by ryandesign at macports.org):

 Replying to [comment:23 mcalhoun@…]:
 > Replying to [comment:21 jmr@…]:
 > > The problem with upgrading autoconf is actually that depspecs are
 auto-escaped, so variable substitution is not done, so it ends up looking
 for /opt/local/\${prefix}/bin/perl (because the prefix is prepended to any
 path that doesn't start with a slash.)
 > Thanks for the autoconf fix.[[BR]]
 > I did not know the correct use of path dependency.[[BR]]
 > The incorrect form seems to be in other ports as well (including
 perl5-1.0.tcl).

 IMHO, the "incorrect form" that's currently in use in every other port is
 the correct form. That MacPorts is not handling it as documented is a bug
 that we should fix.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16830#comment:24>
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