[MacPorts] #48485: Installing other variants of perl5 also installs perl5.16 by default

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#48485: Installing other variants of perl5 also installs perl5.16 by default
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  Reporter:  babak@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal   |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports    |    Version:  2.3.3
Resolution:           |   Keywords:
      Port:  perl5    |
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Comment (by ryandesign@…):

 Your transcript only shows you installing the perl5 port with the
 +perl5_20 variant, which causes the perl5.20 port to be installed; the
 transcript doesn't show this being the cause of the perl5.16 port being
 installed.

 If you are concerned that the advertised version of the perl5 port is
 5.16.3, ignore that; the perl5 port doesn't install any software; it only
 serves as a mechanism for installing one of the other perl ports,
 selectable by its variants. The version number listed in the perl5 port
 itself is arbitrary and irrelevant.

 The perl5.16 port might be installed for other reasons. Until recently,
 perl5.16 was our default version of perl in MacPorts and many ports
 probably still depend on it; these ports will eventually be updated to
 depend on perl5.22 instead; see #48365. You can try uninstalling the
 perl5.16 port ("`sudo port uninstall perl5.16`") to see if any of your
 installed ports require it; if so, MacPorts will prevent the
 uninstallation.

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