p5.12-class-container fails to install

[Jeremy Lavergne]

If the package supplies tests, they can be run by MacPorts.

Watch Dog <watchdog6789 at gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Stefan Gräf <st.graef at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am getting a config error when installing p5.12-class-container
>> under MacPorts v2.1.1 on Lion. Any help how to resolve this would be
>> very much appreciated.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>  Stefan
>
>I have not yet found a packaging system (macports, fink, pkgsrc,
>homebrew, ...) that copes well with the needs of serious Perl coding
>on OS X.  They all eventually fall over, in my experience[*].  If you
>do more than casual Perl hacking, do yourself a favor.  Install
>perlbrew, then install cpanminus (bundled with perlbrew).  As an added
>bonus, set up a private CPAN mirror (either a mini or the whole
>magilla) and tell cpanminus how to find it.  Congratulate yourself.
>Don't look back.  You won't regret it.
>
>[*] The macports-installed Perl has worked OK for me for the
>occasional modules that are required by other ports.  Those should get
>proper testing as part of creation/test of the ports in question.
>
>WD
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