problem with /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8

[Michael Beckmann]

--Odhiambo Washington <wash at wananchi.com> wrote:

> * Charlie Root <michael at apfel.de> [20040720 03:04]: wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 11:49:45AM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote:
>> > Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>> > > I am trying to install perl-5.8.4 on a 4.10-STABLE box, but the build
>> > > always fails with MIME::Base64.
>> >
>> > Did you have an older version of perl-5.8 on that system?  You might
>> > find  it useful to pkg_delete p5-* and the older perl before building
>> > 5.8.4.
>>
>> I have the same problem. It is not solved by following your suggestion.
>>
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Ever gotten a solution to the perl stuff??

Unfortunately not, but I didn't have much time to deal with it in the past 
days.

I found out that the problem does not exist with the 5.2.1 system I tested. 
I could build the port just fine on 5.2.1-RELEASE. It is not very useful 
there, though.

If it is really something that is specific to 4.9 resp. 4.10 then I will 
submit a bug report.

I should note that I didn't attempt to upgrade perl on the 4.9-STABLE 
system. I tried to install the up-to-date perl from the ports collection, 
in addition to the system perl.

Michael