Perl port question

[Matthew Seaman]

Niels Heinen wrote:

> I'm working on a perl port that depends on perl 5.8. It will
> not works with an older version.
> 
> Is there any recommended way to make sure the user uses this perl
> version ?
> 
> I can use PERL_LEVEL to check the version but what if
> the user installed the perl port and didn't do a 'use.perl'...

The usual idiom is something like this:

.if ${PERL_LEVEL} < 500601
IGNORE=         Port requires perl 5.6.x or (preferably) later.  Install 
lang/perl5.8 and try again
.endif

On 4.x, if the user hasn't done a 'use.perl port' then PERL_LEVEL will 
be 500503.

Under 5.x, use.perl will be run automatically when the perl port is 
installed.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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