Subject: Re: How does a package require Perl 5.8?
To: Eric Gillespie <epg@pretzelnet.org>
From: Juan RP <juan@xtraeme.unixbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 12/04/2003 17:29:19
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 11:27:24 -0500
Eric Gillespie <epg@pretzelnet.org> wrote:

> It turns out p5-subversion requires perl 5.8, but i am not sure
> how to specify it.
> 
> After checking perl5/buildlink2.mk for suggestions, i tried
> setting PERL5_REQD in p5-subversion/Makefile to 5.8.  This only
> results in the following:
> 
> ===> Required package perl>=5.8: NOT found
> ===> Verifying reinstall for ../../lang/perl5
> 
> I grepped other package Makefiles for PERL5_REQD and didn't find
> anything instructive.  I found no reference at all in other
> package Makefiles for BUILDLINK_PKGSRCDIR.perl.
> 
> Do i have to take a sledgehammer to BUILDLINK_PKGSRCDIR.perl or
> is there a better way?

PERL5_REQD= 5.8 ?

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