[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 mcalhoun at macports.org):

 When upgrading, I always use the uninstall option instead of the
 deactivate option.[[BR]]
 As a result, I had forgotten what upgrade normally does.

 Updating the reversion number of 614 p5- ports for every perl upgrade
 doesn't sound good.[[BR]]
 Then there are the ports like graphviz which can install perl modules as
 well.

 Drat.

 Perhaps upon a perl5 upgrade (say 5.8.8 -> 5.10), post-activate can search
 through ${prefix}/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/,[[BR]]
 find the ports which installed modules, then force a rebuild using system
 call to "port -f upgrade ${port}".

 Assuming this idea even works, it's far from ideal, but, short of changing
 the MacPorts base, I can't think of anything else.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16830#comment:29>
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