Opened 9 years ago

Closed 9 years ago

Last modified 9 years ago

#47278 closed enhancement (wontfix)

Remove dependency on perl5.16 from texinfo

Reported by: cmconnelly (Claire Connelly) Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 2.3.3
Keywords: Cc:
Port: texinfo

Description

The texinfo port claims to be dependent on perl5.16, but should work fine with any perl5.

Attached is a patch to make the dependency on the higher-level perl package and the default perl binary (link to current perl).

Attachments (1)

texinfo-Portfile.patch (629 bytes) - added by cmconnelly (Claire Connelly) 9 years ago.

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Change History (3)

Changed 9 years ago by cmconnelly (Claire Connelly)

Attachment: texinfo-Portfile.patch added

comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)

Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed

Thanks, but we prefer that ports depend on a specific Perl variant. See #46844 and the mailing list thread referenced therein. Feel free to inquire on macports-users if you want a better explanation.

comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by cmconnelly (Claire Connelly)

Shall I file a bug like #44405 for ports that should move to Perl 5.20?

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