[MacPorts] #22810: git-core depends on perl to build, not just run

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#22810: git-core depends on perl to build, not just run
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 Reporter:  him@…                |       Owner:  bryan@…        
     Type:  defect               |      Status:  new            
 Priority:  Normal               |   Milestone:                 
Component:  ports                |     Version:  1.8.1          
 Keywords:                       |        Port:  git-core       
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: ryandesign@… (added)


Comment:

 The error is quite easy to reproduce:

 {{{
 $ sudo port deactivate perl5.8
 --->  Deactivating perl5.8
 $ sudo port build git-core build.jobs=1
 --->  Computing dependencies for git-core
 --->  Fetching git-core
 --->  Verifying checksum(s) for git-core
 --->  Extracting git-core
 --->  Applying patches to git-core
 --->  Configuring git-core
 --->  Building git-core
 Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_rschmidt_macports_dports_devel_git-
 core/work/git-1.7.1" && /usr/bin/nice -n 10 /usr/bin/make -j1 all
 CFLAGS="-Wall -O2 -I/opt/local/include -arch x86_64"
 LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib" CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 prefix=/opt/local
 CURLDIR=/opt/local OPENSSLDIR=/opt/local ICONVDIR=/opt/local
 PERL_PATH="/opt/local/bin/perl" NO_FINK=1 NO_DARWIN_PORTS=1
 NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER=1 " returned error 2
 Command output:     CC daemon.o
     LINK git-daemon
     CC remote-curl.o
     LINK git-remote-http
     LN/CP git-remote-https
     LN/CP git-remote-ftp
     LN/CP git-remote-ftps
     GEN git-am
     GEN git-bisect
     GEN git-difftool--helper
     GEN git-filter-branch
     GEN git-lost-found
     GEN git-merge-octopus
     GEN git-merge-one-file
     GEN git-merge-resolve
     GEN git-mergetool
     GEN git-pull
     GEN git-quiltimport
     GEN git-rebase--interactive
     GEN git-rebase
     GEN git-repack
     GEN git-request-pull
     GEN git-stash
     GEN git-submodule
     GEN git-web--browse
     SUBDIR perl
 /opt/local/bin/perl Makefile.PL PREFIX='/opt/local'
 make[1]: /opt/local/bin/perl: No such file or directory
 make[1]: *** [perl.mak] Error 1
 make: *** [perl/perl.mak] Error 2

 Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
 }}}

 As you can see, git-core uses MacPorts perl at build time. But it only
 declares a runtime dependency (and not a build-time dependency) on perl. I
 will change it to a library dependency. (Library dependency = runtime
 dependency + build-time dependency.)

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/22810#comment:4>
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