* snowcrash+freebsd [2007-09-03 18:30]: > again, WHAT "supported configuration" are you talking about here?
FreeBSD ports test if a file is installed to check if a dependency port is installed. If you are tricking by installing the file via some other mechanism, it breaks. > > there's a properly installed perl-module. expecting freebsd ports of > perl programs to correctly use perl-compliant module installs is, > somehow, unreasonable? The FreeBSD ports collection is not a perl program, so it has no knowledge what CPAN is. Neither does CPAN know what a FreeBSD port is, unless you use something like bsdpan. So why should it work? > > Mel wrote: > > Except for apps in the ports, because cpan/cpanp can not register *port* > > dependencies. > > RUN_DEPENDS does not mean "check if this file exists", it means "register a > > dependency on this port". What it does is: > > 1) check if the port is installed and if not install it. > > 2) add a line @pkgdep portname-version to $PKGDB/portname-version/+CONTENTS > > 3) add a line @DEPORIGIN:category/origin to > > $PKGDB/portname-version/+CONTENTS > > 4) add a line portname-version to $PKGDB/depname-version/+REQUIRED_BY > > > > If you wanna get rid of this problem, you could use an AFTER_INSTALL hack > > in >pkgtools.conf to undo 2)-4). Messy, but works. > > > Much cleaner is to just use the ports system p5-*. It does it's job very > > well > > that's not been my experience -- but, that's not the argument here. > > i think it's not unreasonable to expect that "a perl-module is a > perl-module is a perl-module". > > if it's properly installed -- and, in this case, it is, just like ALL > my other perl-modules, then a port should treate it > consistently/correctly. Did you actually read what he wrote? He explained in detail, what is missing for a proper port installation. > > just like all my other ports do -- just NOT help2man. If you think there is something broken with this specific port, submit a patch. But as i told you, this is a problem with all ports that depend on a perl module. > as for working around the problem ... the SIMPLEST solution is not to > bother with "ports" system in this case, and do a manual install of > help2man. Another solution may be to set WITHOUT_NLS. So you don't get dependency on p5-gettext. > > > and since you're familiar with cpan/cpanp I'm sure you'll have no problem > > installing modules that might not exist in the freebsd ports into a > > directory > > *outside* the ports hierarchy (/usr/local) and add this to the module search > > path. > > when help2man is installed via ports it *USES* the cpan-installed perl-module. Because you installed it into the wrong directory. The directory under /usr/local belong to the ports collection, and if you install software from somewhere else into it, it might break how the FreeBSD ports collection works. > Anton Berezin wrote: > > Sorry, but I am afraid that if you insist on not using Perl modules > > installed via ports this means you cannot expect any ports depending on Perl > > modules to work. > > are you impkying that a perl module installed by ports is somehow > different than one installed by perl/cpan itself? Yes, a FreeBSD port is not only the original source, but also the meta information. regards tilman _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"