Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-25 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jun 12, 2021, at 13:07, Bill Cole wrote: > On 2021-06-12 at 12:55:24 UTC-0400 (Sat, 12 Jun 2021 09:55:24 -0700) > Ken Cunningham is rumored to have said: > >> macports recommended perl is still 5.28 > > Which has been unsupported upstream for just over a year. The point Ken was making is

Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-25 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jun 12, 2021, at 12:39, Kastus Shchuka wrote: >> sudo port upgrade --enforce-variants git -perl5_28 +perl5_30 > > Thank you, that worked and allowed me to uninstall all p5.28 modules. > > What puzzles me still, why port info shows that git depends on perl 5.28 > modules: > > $ port info

Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-12 Thread raf
On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 06:02:25PM -0700, Ken Cunningham wrote: > I think Bill perhaps then you really want to open a thread with the title: > > “I would like to suggest we move MacPorts default perl to 5.30 now”. > > And then let the conversation happen, and if the outcome is “Yes” then that

Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-12 Thread Ken Cunningham
I think Bill perhaps then you really want to open a thread with the title: “I would like to suggest we move MacPorts default perl to 5.30 now”. And then let the conversation happen, and if the outcome is “Yes” then that will happen. Or 5.32. Whatever you care to suggest. But trying to fight

Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-12 Thread Bill Cole
On 2021-06-12 at 12:55:24 UTC-0400 (Sat, 12 Jun 2021 09:55:24 -0700) Ken Cunningham is rumored to have said: macports recommended perl is still 5.28 Which has been unsupported upstream for just over a year. 5.30 just fell out of support a few weeks ago. They are doing a major release every

Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-12 Thread Kastus Shchuka
> On Jun 12, 2021, at 9:54 AM, Rainer Müller wrote: > > On 12/06/2021 18.32, Bill Cole wrote: >> On 2021-06-12 at 12:11:47 UTC-0400 (Sat, 12 Jun 2021 09:11:47 -0700) >> Kastus Shchuka >> is rumored to have said: >> >>> I wish it could be so easy to remove perl5.28. Apparently, I have to >>>

Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-12 Thread Ken Cunningham
macports recommended perl is still 5.28 $ port info perl5 perl5 @5.28.3 (lang) Sub-ports:perl5.16, perl5.18, perl5.20, perl5.22, perl5.24, perl5.26, perl5.28, perl5.30, perl5.32 Variants: perl5_26, [+]perl5_28, perl5_30 so that is supposed to be the default perl for

Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-12 Thread Rainer Müller
On 12/06/2021 18.32, Bill Cole wrote: > On 2021-06-12 at 12:11:47 UTC-0400 (Sat, 12 Jun 2021 09:11:47 -0700) > Kastus Shchuka > is rumored to have said: > >> I wish it could be so easy to remove perl5.28. Apparently, I have to >> keep it because of git: > > port uninstall git > port install git

Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-12 Thread Bill Cole
On 2021-06-12 at 12:11:47 UTC-0400 (Sat, 12 Jun 2021 09:11:47 -0700) Kastus Shchuka is rumored to have said: I wish it could be so easy to remove perl5.28. Apparently, I have to keep it because of git: port uninstall git port install git -perl5_28 +perl5_30 -- Bill Cole b...@scconsult.com

Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-12 Thread Kastus Shchuka
I wish it could be so easy to remove perl5.28. Apparently, I have to keep it because of git: $ port info git git @2.31.1_2 (devel) Variants: [+]credential_osxkeychain, [+]diff_highlight, [+]doc, gitweb, [+]pcre, perl5_26, [+]perl5_28, perl5_30, python, svn,

Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-12 Thread Bill Cole
On 2021-06-09 at 15:51:09 UTC-0400 (Wed, 9 Jun 2021 15:51:09 -0400) Daniel J. Luke is rumored to have said: On Jun 6, 2021, at 1:41 PM, Bill Cole wrote: I *think* I've even worked out the right way to use that construct to make Perl upgrades simpler, so I use the p5-* ports: I gave up on

Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-10 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jun 6, 2021, at 12:41, Bill Cole wrote: > Not sure where the bug is here, but it's evident in 'port reclaim'. > > The p5-* ports are basically placeholders for the p5.##- ports. I *think* > I've even worked out the right way to use that construct to make Perl > upgrades simpler, so I use

Re: Why don't p5-* ports mark their dependencies?

2021-06-09 Thread Daniel J. Luke
On Jun 6, 2021, at 1:41 PM, Bill Cole wrote: > I *think* I've even worked out the right way to use that construct to make > Perl upgrades simpler, so I use the p5-* ports: I gave up on trying to use this in any useful way a while ago - if you've got some way that it works, please share.