#13242 closed defect (wontfix)
autoconf should not depend on perl5.8
| Reported by: | yesthatjwz (Jamie Zawinski) | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | 1.5.0 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
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Description
port "autoconf" currently depends on port "perl5.8".
port "perl5.8" is perl 5.8.8.
MacOS 10.5.0 ships with Perl 5.8.8 in /usr/bin/.
This means that installing autoconf causes me to have two different -- yet identical -- copies of perl on my system. This is annoying, because it means, among other things, that any time I CPAN a perl module, I have to install it twice.
I think it's unlikely that autoconf is sensitive to the exact version of m4 (1.4.10 in ports versus 1.4.6 from Apple) but that's not nearly so annoying since m4 is a lot smaller than perl.
Change History (3)
comment:1 Changed 16 years ago by nox@…
| Milestone: | → Port Bugs |
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| Summary: | autoconf should not depend on perl → autoconf should not depend on perl5.8 |
comment:2 Changed 16 years ago by afb@…
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | new → closed |
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This is by design.
http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/wiki/FAQ#WhyisMacPortsusingitsownlibraries