Opened 18 years ago

Closed 18 years ago

#11568 closed defect (invalid)

Perl 5.8 requirements

Reported by: sigzero@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
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@…

the reason this happens for is: 

$port deps rb-rubygems
rb-rubygems has build dependencies on:
         autoconf
$port deps autoconf
autoconf has runtime dependencies on:
         perl5.8

(yes, this *is* intended)

see also ​http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/FAQ#WhyisMacPortsusingitsownlibraries

comment:2 Changed 18 years ago by jmpalacios (Juan Manuel Palacios)

Component: base → ports
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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