On Mar 13, 2013, at 10:47 PM, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/13/13 7:34 PM, Daniel Macks wrote: >> On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:47:50 -0700, Alexander Hansen >> <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 3/13/13 3:08 PM, Bill Waggoner wrote: >>>> While installing extutils-parsexs-pm 3.18-1 during an update-all I >>>> received this warning: >>>>> ========================================================== >>>> WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING >>>> ========================================================== >>>> I detected that an old version of 'xsubpp' will shadow the >>>> new, to-be-installed 'xsubpp' (which you need to install >>>> XS modules) after installation. > This is likely because an old >>> version was installed >>>> wrongly or because your vendor patched your perl. You can >>>> continue with the installation but afterwards, you may >>>> have to remove all copies of 'xsubpp' that shadow this >>>> one for future module installations. Failure to do so may >>>> result in your being unable to install XS modules. > But as long as >>> you keep this in mind, nothing is going to >>>> break your system if you do nothing. > > Problematic copies of >>> 'xsubpp' found: >>>> /sw/lib/perl5/ExtUtils/xsubpp >>>>> ========================================================== >>>> WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING >>>> ========================================================== >>>>> The two versions of xsubpp that I find are: >>>>> % find /sw -name '*xsubpp*' -ls >>>> 170755605 16 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root admin >>>> 4472 Mar 13 17:59 /sw/lib/perl5/ExtUtils/xsubpp >>>> 166478129 8 -r--r--r-- 1 root admin >>>> 4000 Jan 1 14:14 /sw/lib/perl5-core/5.12.3/ExtUtils/xsubpp >>>>> So it looks like the old version was actually replaced by the newer >>>> version and all is well. Do you concur? >>>>> Bill W >>>> That's right. >> >> Can that scary-looking message be patched out of the build system? >> >> dan >> >> -- >> Daniel Macks >> dma...@netspace.org >> >> > > I'll cc the maintainer. Yeah, the check in Makefile.PL is pretty simple-minded. The warning only happens when updating an already installed extutils-parsexs-pm to a new version because the check doesn't know that the already installed xsubpp is going to be overwritten. I've now disabled the check altogether and it shouldn't appear again. Thanks Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
