#48485: Installing other variants of perl5 also installs perl5.16 by default ----------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: babak@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: perl5 | ----------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by ryandesign@…): Your transcript only shows you installing the perl5 port with the +perl5_20 variant, which causes the perl5.20 port to be installed; the transcript doesn't show this being the cause of the perl5.16 port being installed. If you are concerned that the advertised version of the perl5 port is 5.16.3, ignore that; the perl5 port doesn't install any software; it only serves as a mechanism for installing one of the other perl ports, selectable by its variants. The version number listed in the perl5 port itself is arbitrary and irrelevant. The perl5.16 port might be installed for other reasons. Until recently, perl5.16 was our default version of perl in MacPorts and many ports probably still depend on it; these ports will eventually be updated to depend on perl5.22 instead; see #48365. You can try uninstalling the perl5.16 port ("`sudo port uninstall perl5.16`") to see if any of your installed ports require it; if so, MacPorts will prevent the uninstallation. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48485#comment:2> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X