[MacPorts] #23089: perl5.*: should use -Duseshrplib

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#23089: perl5.*: should use -Duseshrplib
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 Reporter:  reg-macports.org@…               |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                           |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                           |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                            |     Version:  1.8.1                                
 Keywords:                                   |        Port:  perl5.8, perl5.10                    
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 perl5.8 and perl5.10 should be compiled with a shared perl library:

 http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?README.macosx#Known_problems says:
 The default of building Perl statically may cause problems with complex
 applications like Tk: in that case consider building shared Perl
 {{{
 Configure ... -Duseshrplib
 }}}
 but remember that there's a startup cost to pay in that case (see above
 "libperl and Prebinding").
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 However,
 http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?README.macosx#libperl_and_Prebinding also
 says:

 With 10.4 "Tiger" and newer, Apple has all but eliminated the performance
 penalty for non-prebound libraries.
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 As MacPorts requires OS X 10.5, performance is no longer a reason not to
 use -Duseshrplib.

 However, not using -Duseshrplib breaks at least one port:
 http://trac.macports.org/ticket/23085

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