Re: long-broken packages (some are removal candidates)

[David Holland <dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:25:48PM +0900, OBATA Akio wrote:
 > > > /usr/pkg/bin/perl -Iinc -MExtUtils::MY -e 'MY->fixin(shift)' -- 
 > > > blib/script/vcp
 > > > /usr/pkg/bin/perl -Iinc  "-Iblib/arch" "-Iinc" "-Iblib/lib" 
 > > > "-I/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.14.0/i386-netbsd-thread-multi" 
 > > > "-I/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.14.0"  bin/gentrevml --cvs --batch 0 
 > > > --no-big-files > t/test-cvs-in-0-no-big-files.revml
 > > > UNIVERSAL->import is deprecated and will be removed in a future perl at 
 > > > /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.14.0/XML/Doctype/ElementDecl.pm line 42
 > > > Not a HASH reference at 
 > > > /usr/pkg/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.14.0/XML/Doctype.pm line 322.
 > > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at bin/gentrevml line 575.
 > > >
 > > > XML/Doctype.pm is a part of textproc/p5-XML-AutoWriter, then I feel that
 > > > the package is not compatible with perl-5.14, not a issue of this 
 > > > package.
 > >
 > >Okay... then maybe p5-XML-AutoWriter should be removed? It's still
 > >been broken for years. (Or maybe there's an update for it...?)
 > 
 > As far as I can say, "Please look at issues carefully",
 > i.e. removing devel/p5-VCP just hide the issue.
 > Of course, it is better to fix p5-XML-AutoWriter.

Well... one of the reasons we discuss these things is to catch
mistakes. As it's a Perl issue I'm not about to try dealing with it
myself in any case.

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost