BUG: git-core port should require p5-error

[giulio.eulisse@…]

In order to work, git-remote needs Error.pm

[kballard (Lily Ballard)]

If the maintainer (CC'ed) doesn't respond within 3 days, contact me and I'll handle this.

[bryan@…]

This can be fixed by adding port:perl and port:p5-error to the list of dependencies. This may be appropriate for the svn variant (which already requires port:perl), but I'd hate to require the huge perl dependency when it shouldn't be required (Apple's stock perl should be good enough.)

The git installer is supposed to install a private-Error.pm if it cannot find Error.pm. This appears to be broken in the latest rev.

[bryan@…]

When perl is installed but p5-error isn't, git installs Error.pm into /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Error.pm. This is fine, but rude.

When perl isn't installed, Error.pm is installed into /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/Error.pm. This is not accessible from Apple perl without playing with INC paths.

Only one test t5502 uses git remote. Unfortunately, t5502 passes when neither perl5.8 nor p5-error are installed.

p5-error puts Error.pm in /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Error.pm.

[mgrimes@…]

I've left this for svn variant only for now so that we can deal with the fallout of people trying to "git behind svn" (no pun intended). How would you like to handle this? (partial fix so long as you can deal with the svn dep in r26771.) -- leaving this ticket open.

[mgrimes@…]

Dupe with further discussion in #12624. Maybe fixed in r28705.

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