ports dependency bug report: perl5

[kstewart]

On Saturday 14 August 2004 09:46 am, h wrote:
> here's the bug:
>
> cd /usr/ports/textproc/intltool && make install clean &&
> cd /usr/ports/x11/libgnome && make install clean && portupgrade -a
> ===>  Vulnerability check disabled
> ===>  Extracting for intltool-0.31.1
>
> >> Checksum OK for gnome/intltool-0.31.1.tar.bz2.
>
> ===>   intltool-0.31.1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.4 - not
> found ===>    Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.4
> in /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8
> ===>  Building for perl-5.8.5
>
> ports are looking for perl 5.8.4. they don't see it, so they rebuild
> perl5.8. then perl 5.8.5 gets rebuild, and it won't install coz it's
> already installed. therefore 200 ports don't get upgraded.
>
> how do i fix this ?

Did you update perl using the instructions in /usr/ports/UPDATING. You need to 
run use.perl port and then update all of the p5-*, and then update automake. 
I think that portupgrade will work after that. Portupgrade won't do those 
steps on its own.

Kent


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