#44494: p5.xx-modul -> is macports creating another "RPM" hell? -----------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: ora.et.labora@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: request | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.3.1 Keywords: | Port: -----------------------------+-------------------------------- One of the charming aspects of MacPorts has been the avoidance of "RPM hells", i.e. there was -- at least in the past -- just on version of a tool installed and a simple upgrade kept the system up-to-date. Now, with versioning in place, we have to face for example: {{{ $ port search p5.\* Found 5732 ports. p5.8-yaml @0.900.0 (perl) YAML loader/dumper module p5.10-yaml @0.900.0 (perl) YAML loader/dumper module p5.12-yaml @0.900.0 (perl) YAML loader/dumper module p5.14-yaml @0.900.0 (perl) YAML loader/dumper module p5.16-yaml @0.900.0 (perl) YAML loader/dumper module p5.18-yaml @0.900.0 (perl) YAML loader/dumper module p5.20-yaml @0.900.0 (perl) YAML loader/dumper module Found 7 ports. }}} Therefore a request for clarification whether McPorts is still in-line with it's original ideas? Why are we faced here with so many Perl versions? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44494> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X