Question about installations of Perl

[Scott Webster]

perl5 is just a wrapper port for perl5.x. Since you have the 5.12
variant installed, all it does is depend on perl5.12, causing it to be
installed.

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Rodolfo Aramayo <raramayo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ryan,
>
> I explicitly requested MacPorts to install
>
> port install perl5.12 +threads
>
> However, I noticed that when I ask:
>
> 68# port installed perl5*
> The following ports are currently installed:
>  perl5 @5.12.3_1+perl5_12 (active)
>  perl5.12 @5.12.3_2+threads (active)
>
> Why do I get two ACTIVE installations?? If one was installed by
> another port why is it active?
> Also how would this affect installation of other ports?? If I request
> another port should I request as:
> port install p5-* or p5.12-*??
>
> Thanks
>
> --R
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