[MacPorts] #28565: gnome-doc-utils tries to use bad perl path

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#28565: gnome-doc-utils tries to use bad perl path
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 Reporter:  joshmoz@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect             |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal             |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports              |     Version:  1.9.2                                
 Keywords:                     |        Port:  gnome-doc-utils perl5                
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Changes (by jmr@…):

 * cc: devans@… (added)
  * port:  => gnome-doc-utils perl5


Old description:

> I tried to upgrade gnome-doc-utils today but it failed. Looking in the
> log I found:
>
> ==================================
> :info:configure checking for intltool >= 0.35.0... ./configure:
> /opt/local/bin/intltool-update: /opt/local/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No
> such file or directory
> :info:configure  found
> :info:configure configure: error: Your intltool is too old.  You need
> intltool 0.35.0 or later.
> :info:configure shell command " cd
> "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports
> .org_release_ports_gnome_gnome-doc-utils/work/gnome-doc-utils-0.20.4" &&
> ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-scrollkeeper
> am_cv_python_pythondir=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7
> /site-packages/ " returned error 1
> :error:configure Target org.macports.configure returned: configure
> failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
> :debug:configure Backtrace: configure failure: shell command failed (see
> log for details)
>     while executing
> "$procedure $targetname"
> :info:configure Warning: the following items did not execute (for gnome-
> doc-utils): org.macports.destroot org.macports.configure
> org.macports.build
> :notice:configure Log for gnome-doc-utils is at:
> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports
> .org_release_ports_gnome_gnome-doc-utils/main.log
> ==================================
>
> So the problem is that there is nothing at "/opt/local/bin/perl". I've
> only ever done normal installs and upgrades of perl via macports as a
> dependency for other things. Never messed with my perl intstall manually.
> "gnome-doc-utils" shouldn't be trying to configure itself with a perl
> path that doesn't exist in a normal macports install.
>
> I created a symlink from "/opt/local/bin/perl" to
> "/opt/local/bin/perl5.12" and that failed because "perl5.12" didn't have
> the proper perl module dependencies installed. Switching the symlink to
> "perl5.8" worked because that is what had the proper dep modules
> installed.

New description:

 I tried to upgrade gnome-doc-utils today but it failed. Looking in the log
 I found:

 ==================================
 {{{
 :info:configure checking for intltool >= 0.35.0... ./configure:
 /opt/local/bin/intltool-update: /opt/local/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No
 such file or directory
 :info:configure  found
 :info:configure configure: error: Your intltool is too old.  You need
 intltool 0.35.0 or later.
 :info:configure shell command " cd
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports
 .org_release_ports_gnome_gnome-doc-utils/work/gnome-doc-utils-0.20.4" &&
 ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-scrollkeeper
 am_cv_python_pythondir=/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7
 /site-packages/ " returned error 1
 :error:configure Target org.macports.configure returned: configure
 failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
 :debug:configure Backtrace: configure failure: shell command failed (see
 log for details)
     while executing
 "$procedure $targetname"
 :info:configure Warning: the following items did not execute (for gnome-
 doc-utils): org.macports.destroot org.macports.configure
 org.macports.build
 :notice:configure Log for gnome-doc-utils is at:
 /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports
 .org_release_ports_gnome_gnome-doc-utils/main.log
 }}}
 ==================================

 So the problem is that there is nothing at "/opt/local/bin/perl". I've
 only ever done normal installs and upgrades of perl via macports as a
 dependency for other things. Never messed with my perl intstall manually.
 "gnome-doc-utils" shouldn't be trying to configure itself with a perl path
 that doesn't exist in a normal macports install.

 I created a symlink from "/opt/local/bin/perl" to
 "/opt/local/bin/perl5.12" and that failed because "perl5.12" didn't have
 the proper perl module dependencies installed. Switching the symlink to
 "perl5.8" worked because that is what had the proper dep modules
 installed.

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Comment:

 This is unfortunately just how perl module ports work at the moment. If
 you install them against perl5.8 and then switch to perl5.12, you have to
 reinstall them. The ${prefix}/bin/perl link should be provided by perl5
 though.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/28565#comment:2>
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