Perl port to select in make.conf

[Dmitry Morozovsky]

On Mon, 2 Sep 2013, RW wrote:

> > > > which variable should be defined in make.conf to switch from
> > > > current 5.14 to, say, 5.16 (for poudriere package building)? 
> > > > 
> > > > Naive 
> > > > 
> > > > PERL_VER=5.16
> > > > 
> > > > does not seem to work, and I want to not chase minor version
> > > > changes.
> > > 
> > > I use PERL_VERSION=5.16.3.
> > 
> > It definitely works, but will stop with 5.16 upgrade; that is the
> > situation to avoid.
> 
> If you mean it will stop 5.16.3 being upgraded to 5.16.4, it wont
> (unless there's something specific in the way poudriere handles perl). 
> 
> When you install perl (as part of an upgrade or as a dependency) it
> writes the new PERL_VERSION into make.conf.

Well, all would go well unless it was a *special* make.conf used for poudriere 
bulk building instead of system one.

Well, possibly I should use 'could stop' instead of definitively-looking 'will 
stop'

BTW, are there any special place where poudriere usage should be discussed?

Thanks!

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Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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