Porter's Handbook Perl section update

[Chris Rees]

On 23 May 2012 18:11, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
> The second note in the Using perl section of the Porter's Handbook was
> unclear to me:
>
>  Note: It is recommended to avoid using ${SITE_PERL} as a dependency
>  listing. This is problematic because it means that bsd.perl.mk must be
>  included to satisfy the dependency. Additionally, if the module's files
>  change, it would require changing all dependent ports.
>
> After some talking with jgh@, I've suggested this:
>
>  Do not use ${SITE_PERL} in dependency declarations.  Doing so
>  assumes that bsd.perl.mk has been included, which is not always true.
>  Ports depending on this port will have incorrect dependencies if this
>  port's files move later in an upgrade.  The right way to declare Perl
>  module dependencies is shown in the example below.
>
> The second sentence is a little weak, but overall this makes much more
> sense, to me at least.  If this looks okay, I'd like to update the Porter's
> Handbook.

[adding perl@]

Please!

Chris