[MacPorts] #30833: Active version of p5-xml-parser is not 2.400.0_1 but 2.40_1+universal

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#30833: Active version of p5-xml-parser is not 2.400.0_1 but 2.40_1+universal
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                    |     Version:  2.0.1                                
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Comment(by arno+macports@…):

 I've looked into this further and it's not an issue with '0's, but with
 how the version string is being manipulated.

 As near as I can tell, the code is meant to split a version string into
 groups of 3 digits. 1.123456 would turn into 1.123.456. Unfortunately it's
 turning 1.1234 into 1.123.400 instead of 1.123.004. At least, I assume
 that 1.123.004 is the intended value. I'm not really sure why this version
 manipulation is required. Hopefully JMR can comment there.

 The relevant code is the 'perl5_convert_version' method of
 [https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/_resources/port1.0/group/perl5-1.0.tcl].

 I started modifying this to prepend '0's instead of appending them, but
 the return uses 'scan' which strips out the leading '0's anyway. Again,
 it'll be up to JMR to decide whether the scan should be dropped or if the
 version alteration is needed at all.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30833#comment:4>
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