[MacPorts] #43727: perl5 1.0 portgroup cannot handle version numbers with characters

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Fri May 23 17:52:34 PDT 2014


#43727: perl5 1.0 portgroup cannot handle version numbers with characters
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  Reporter:  mf2k@…   |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal   |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports    |    Version:  2.2.1
Resolution:  wontfix  |   Keywords:
      Port:           |
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Changes (by jmr@…):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * component:  base => ports


Comment:

 Yeah, this isn’t really a bug, the version number is invalid. Perl rejects
 it:
 {{{
 % perl -Mversion -e 'print version->parse("1.03ii")->normal'
 Invalid version format (non-numeric data) at -e line 1.
 }}}

 I’d suggest just setting your own version in such cases.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/43727#comment:5>
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