On Jan 2, 2014, at 8:37 AM, Charles Lepple <clep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I am looking at packaging ikiwiki, which depends on a bunch of Perl modules. > I am generally familiar with the Fink variants capabilities, but I am curious > to hear if anyone has any suggestions for choosing which Perl versions to > target (systemperl versus the versions in Fink). Generally you want to target whatever perls are available on the systems you want to support. So in the 10.7 tree, which supports 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9, you'll want to have perl 5.12.3 (10.7), 5.12.4 (10.8) and 5.16.2 (10.9). All three are available on all three OSes to make support easier. All you need to do is have Type: perl (5.12.3 5.12.4 5.16.2) in your package. If your package doesn't have any compiled *.bundle files and no varianted deps, you can make your package unvarianted too. Then it doesn't matter what perl version you're using. Look at some existing packages for tips. > > Also, I know there is a bit of CPAN magic for installing Perl packages > outside of Fink. Is there any way to leverage that dependency information for > building a Fink package description? There isn't an automatic way to do this, though it would certainly be possible to come up with a script to query CPAN for dependency info and build a fink package from it. I usually just look at Makefile.PL or Build.PL and note the dependencies manually. If the dep doesn't already exist in fink I package that and so on recursively. http://search.cpan.org is really your friend here. > > Thanks, and Happy New Year, > > -- > Charles Lepple > clepple@gmail Daniel
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