Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

[Bill Cole]

Not sure where the bug is here, but it's evident in 'port reclaim'.

The p5-* ports are basically placeholders for the p5.##- ports. I 
*think* I've even worked out the right way to use that construct to make 
Perl upgrades simpler, so I use the p5-* ports:

	$ sudo port install p5-net-cidr p5-term-readline p5-test-fatal
	--->  Computing dependencies for p5-net-cidr
	The following dependencies will be installed:  p5.30-net-cidr
	Continue? [Y/n]: y
	--->  Fetching archive for p5.30-net-cidr
	--->  Attempting to fetch 
p5.30-net-cidr-0.200.0_0.darwin_18.noarch.tbz2 from 
https://ywg.ca.packages.macports.org/mirror/macports/packages/p5.30-net-cidr
	--->  Attempting to fetch 
p5.30-net-cidr-0.200.0_0.darwin_18.noarch.tbz2.rmd160 from 
https://ywg.ca.packages.macports.org/mirror/macports/packages/p5.30-net-cidr
	--->  Installing p5.30-net-cidr @0.200.0_0
	--->  Activating p5.30-net-cidr @0.200.0_0
	--->  Cleaning p5.30-net-cidr
	--->  Cleaning p5-net-cidr
	--->  Computing dependencies for p5-term-readline
	The following dependencies will be installed:  p5.30-term-readline
	Continue? [Y/n]: y
	--->  Fetching archive for p5.30-term-readline
	--->  Attempting to fetch 
p5.30-term-readline-1.140.0_0.darwin_18.noarch.tbz2 from 
https://ywg.ca.packages.macports.org/mirror/macports/packages/p5.30-term-readline
	--->  Attempting to fetch 
p5.30-term-readline-1.140.0_0.darwin_18.noarch.tbz2.rmd160 from 
https://ywg.ca.packages.macports.org/mirror/macports/packages/p5.30-term-readline
	--->  Installing p5.30-term-readline @1.140.0_0
	--->  Activating p5.30-term-readline @1.140.0_0
	--->  Cleaning p5.30-term-readline
	--->  Cleaning p5-term-readline
	--->  Computing dependencies for p5-test-fatal
	The following dependencies will be installed:  p5.30-test-fatal
	Continue? [Y/n]: y
	--->  Fetching archive for p5.30-test-fatal
	--->  Attempting to fetch 
p5.30-test-fatal-0.16.0_0.darwin_18.noarch.tbz2 from 
https://ywg.ca.packages.macports.org/mirror/macports/packages/p5.30-test-fatal
	--->  Attempting to fetch 
p5.30-test-fatal-0.16.0_0.darwin_18.noarch.tbz2.rmd160 from 
https://ywg.ca.packages.macports.org/mirror/macports/packages/p5.30-test-fatal
	--->  Installing p5.30-test-fatal @0.16.0_0
	--->  Activating p5.30-test-fatal @0.16.0_0
	--->  Cleaning p5.30-test-fatal
	--->  Cleaning p5-test-fatal
	--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
	--->  No broken files found.
	--->  No broken ports found.

Perfectly normal, right?

However, immediately after doing that, I did a reclaim and got a 
surprise:

	$ sudo port -v reclaim
	--->  Checking for unnecessary unrequested ports
	Unrequested ports without requested dependents found:
	 p5.30-test-fatal  @0.16.0_0
	 p5.30-net-cidr  @0.200.0_0
	 p5.30-term-readline  @1.140.0_0
	Would you like to uninstall them? [Y/n]: n

And the dependency map is not reversible:

	$ port deps p5-net-cidr
	Full Name: p5-net-cidr @0.200.0_0
	Library Dependencies: p5.30-net-cidr
	$ port rdependents p5.30-net-cidr
	p5.30-net-cidr has no dependents.


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