cvs commit: ports/math/p5-Math-BigInt Makefile distinfo

[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 04:24:52PM +0100, Anton Berezin wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 04:04:15PM +0100, Erwin Lansing wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 02:52:57PM +0000, Anton Berezin wrote:
> > > tobez       2007-02-07 14:52:57 UTC
> > > 
> > >   FreeBSD ports repository
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     math/p5-Math-BigInt  Makefile distinfo 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Update to 1.79.  Require perl from ports.  \o/
> > >   
> > >   Revision  Changes    Path
> > >   1.16      +8 -2      ports/math/p5-Math-BigInt/Makefile
> > >   1.14      +3 -3      ports/math/p5-Math-BigInt/distinfo
> > > 
> > > | -.include <bsd.port.mk>
> > > | +.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
> > > | +
> > > | +.if ${PERL_LEVEL} < 500600
> > > | +IGNORE=		requires perl 5.6.0 or later. Install lang/perl5.8 and try again
> > > | +.endif
> > > | +
> > > | +.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
> > 
> > There's no need for this.  We don't support any FreeBSD with a perl <
> > 500600 anymore.
> 
> Maybe when the ports collection infrastructure starts breaking on 4.X in
> deeds and not in promises, we should do a sweep to remove all such.  But
> prolly not just yet.

I agree.  Despite the fact we officially EOLed RELENG_4, there're still
lots of people are using it, and will probably continue to use (I'm
being one of them).  Maybe it's fine to allow desktop-oriented ports to
support only 5.x/6.x, but something that could be used in purely server
environment should probably live a little longer.

Just my $.02.

./danfe