#20282: ghc-6.10.3_6 configure fails due to perl version --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: league@… | Owner: gwright@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.8.0 Keywords: | Port: ghc --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by macsforever2000@…): * owner: macports-tickets@… => gwright@… -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20282#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#20282: ghc-6.10.3_6 configure fails due to perl version --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: league@… | Owner: gwright@… Type: defect | Status: assigned Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.8.0 Keywords: | Port: ghc --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment(by league@…): My Perl ''seems'' to be okay. The failure just comes from the version test: {{{ $PerlCmd -v >conftest.out 2>&1 if grep "v5" conftest.out >/dev/null 2>&1; then }}} but `/opt/local/bin/perl5.8` clearly should pass {{{ # /opt/local/bin/perl5.8 -v This is perl, v5.8.9 built for darwin-2level [...] }}} Here is a strange addendum: if I go to the `work/ghc-6.10.3` directory and manually run `./configure`, it finishes just fine. Even if I put all the same parameters. But it consistently fails when I try to configure using `port'. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20282#comment:3> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#20282: ghc-6.10.3_6 configure fails due to perl version ---------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: league@… | Owner: gwright@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.8.0 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Port: ghc | ---------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Changes (by gwright@…): * status: assigned => closed * resolution: => invalid Comment: No mystery: when you build with 'port' the Portfile forces the use of MacPorts perl5.8. This was broken in your setup. When you run 'configure' manually, you get the first perl on your PATH, probably the system perl, /usr/bin/perl. At the moment on 10.5.7, /usr/bin/perl is version 5.8.8, which is probably OK for building ghc. But the configuration checks are not sufficient to tell if the detected version is up to snuff, so the Portfile forces a version known to work on all platforms. Yes, it's ugly for ghc to depend on perl at all. For the last three years it has been slated for removal Real Soon Now. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20282#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#20282: ghc-6.10.3_6 configure fails due to perl version ---------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: league@… | Owner: gwright@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.8.0 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Port: ghc | ---------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment(by gwright@…): If that's true, I'm mystified too. A full build log shows that ghc does respect the PerlCmd environment variable. I'll leave this closed; if there is more than a broken perl causing this bug someone can reopen it. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20282#comment:7> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS