[MacPorts] #37808: RFE: Add a "minor" variable to the perl portgroup

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#37808: RFE: Add a "minor" variable to the perl portgroup
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  Reporter:  egall@…      |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.1.2
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
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Comment (by ryandesign@…):

 I can't explain right now why that problem is happening to you with your
 cpan2port port, but I have a feeling the solution isn't just to create
 that directory.

 Note that the period is not a special character in variable names. So we
 have a variable called "perl5.major" and you're asking to create variable
 called "perl5.major.minor" (not just "minor").

 If there is to be a port for cpan2port (which is a good idea) it should
 just be called cpan2port. We do not need versions of cpan2port for each
 perl version, because cpan2port is not a perl module; it's just a program
 that happens to use perl.

 I glanced at the cpan2port script for a few seconds and didn't immediately
 see a reason why it would need to use the perl5 portgroup to be installed.
 Am I missing something?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37808#comment:3>
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