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From: "Wilhelm B. Kloke" <wb@yorikke.arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de>
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Subject: Dependencies in Perl5 ports too specific
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>Number:         7807
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Dependencies in Perl5 ports too specific
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep  2 03:10:02 PDT 1998
>Closed-Date:    Wed Sep 2 03:39:36 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:  Tue Nov 27 19:25:58 PST 2001
>Originator:     Wilhelm B. Kloke
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Inst f Arbeitsphysiologie Uni Dortmund
>Environment:

	Freshly installed 3.0 system

>Description:

	I am trying to install p5-Gateway. This depends
	on perl5.00502. I have perl5.004_04 installed (did not
	want to download just for a minor release).
	p5-Gateway and the p5 packs, which it depends on all say
	p5-PGP-Sign-0.08 depends on executable: perl5.00502 - not found
	and similar.

	I got into a maze of dependencies, which did not resolve
	as expected.

>How-To-Repeat:

	

>Fix:
	
	I think, all perl5 modules should only depend on perl5 in any
	released version and on other modules.


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: asami 
State-Changed-When: Wed Sep 2 03:39:36 PDT 1998 
State-Changed-Why:  
5.0050X is not really a minor release -- it changed the directory 
structure dramatically and is not binary compitible with previous 
releases.  Sorry, but it is impossible to have the ports tree 
work with more than one perl version. :< 

From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To: wb@yorikke.arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports/7807: Dependencies in Perl5 ports too specific 
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 13:21:14 +0200

 "Wilhelm B. Kloke" wrote:
 > 	I am trying to install p5-Gateway. This depends
 > 	on perl5.00502. I have perl5.004_04 installed (did not
 > 	want to download just for a minor release).
 > 	p5-Gateway and the p5 packs, which it depends on all say
 > 	p5-PGP-Sign-0.08 depends on executable: perl5.00502 - not found
 > 	and similar.
 
 You are attempting to install recent ports over an older tree using
 a system that is designed to track the _latest_. If you cannot find
 an old port of p5-gateway, and you are unable to install the software
 "by hand", your only option is to fix the back-dependancies and
 submit a patch.
 
 > 	I think, all perl5 modules should only depend on perl5 in any
 > 	released version and on other modules.
 
 Have you looked at what it would take to do this??!!
 
 M
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