Opened 18 years ago
Closed 18 years ago
#11568 closed defect (invalid)
Perl 5.8 requirements
Reported by: | sigzero@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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Priority: | Low | Milestone: | |
Component: | ports | Version: | 1.4 |
Keywords: | Perl | Cc: | |
Port: |
Description
I have tried to install rb-rubygems and ghc and on down the stack there is a requirement for Perl5.8. I am on Tiger and I have Perl5.8 (Tiger comes with it) but ports is still trying to download it and install it. Why would I need Perl to run GHC or to install a Ruby program?
Are there no requirements checks done prior to installation? How do I tell it what dependencies that I don't want it to install???
Change History (2)
comment:1 Changed 18 years ago by pipping@…
comment:2 Changed 18 years ago by jmpp@…
Component: | base → ports |
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Milestone: | Available Ports |
Resolution: | → invalid |
Status: | new → closed |
Relying on our own perl installation has been discussed at lenghts, and stiking to it always ends up being the consensus.
-jmpp
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the reason this happens for is:
(yes, this *is* intended)
see also http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/FAQ#WhyisMacPortsusingitsownlibraries