#50711: how to get perl5.18 installed ---------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: bridget_wu@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: High | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | ---------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by bridget_wu@…): This doesn't seems working. Here is what I have: $ sudo port install perl5 +perl5_18 ---> Computing dependencies for perl5 ---> Cleaning perl5 ---> Scanning binaries for linking errors ---> No broken files found. $ ls -l /opt/local/bin/perl* lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8 Feb 22 18:11 /opt/local/bin/perl -> perl5.22 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8 Feb 22 18:11 /opt/local/bin/perl5 -> perl5.22 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 13728 Feb 22 18:10 /opt/local/bin/perl5.22 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8 Feb 22 18:11 /opt/local/bin/perl5.22.1 -> perl5.22 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 12 Feb 22 18:11 /opt/local/bin/perlbug -> perlbug-5.22 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 45375 Feb 22 18:10 /opt/local/bin/perlbug-5.22 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 12 Feb 22 18:11 /opt/local/bin/perldoc -> perldoc-5.22 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 244 Feb 22 18:10 /opt/local/bin/perldoc-5.22 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 12 Feb 22 18:11 /opt/local/bin/perlivp -> perlivp-5.22 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 10802 Feb 22 18:10 /opt/local/bin/perlivp-5.22 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 15 Feb 22 18:11 /opt/local/bin/perlthanks -> perlthanks-5.22 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 45375 Feb 22 18:10 /opt/local/bin/perlthanks-5.22 I still don't have perl5.18 -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50711#comment:2> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X

#50711: how to get perl5.18 installed ---------------------------+--------------------- Reporter: bridget_wu@… | Owner: mojca@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: High | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Port: perl5 | ---------------------------+--------------------- Changes (by mojca@…): * version: 2.3.4 => Comment: The `perl5` port no longer provides a variant `+perl5_18`: {{{

port variants perl5 perl5 has the variants: [+]perl5_22: Use MacPorts perl5.22 }}}

Maybe MacPorts should issue a warning when users request a non-existing variant? While it would be pretty easy to add the variant back, this would break many ports that depend on Perl and potentially install some files under version-specific path. If you need perl 5.18, just do {{{ sudo port install perl5.18 }}} and make sure that the program refers to `perl5.18` rather than just `perl`. Alternatively you can set your own local repository and do a trivial modification of the `perl5` port (I can help you resurrect an old version of `perl5` from SVN which still has the required variants). However there is a more important caveat. In the light of #50512, there are proposals to get rid of old and no longer maintained perl versions (or to eventually end up with support for a single Perl version anyway, see #50000). This means that many developers are in favour of completely removing perl5.18 from MacPorts. Can you please explain your use case, or the reason why you need perl5.18 specifically (why perl5.22 doesn't work for you)? You can answer in #50512. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50711#comment:4> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X

#50711: how to get perl5.18 installed ---------------------------+--------------------- Reporter: bridget_wu@… | Owner: mojca@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Port: perl5 | ---------------------------+--------------------- Changes (by mojca@…): * status: new => closed * resolution: => invalid Comment: The user did not reply yet. I'm closing this as invalid (in the lack of better options). I'm not sure if this was a bug report or just a question (if it was a question that was resolved, it could hopefully be called `fixed`). As already explained above, perl5.18 can be installed with `sudo port install perl5.18`, at least for now. We cannot easily support `sudo port install perl5 +perl5_18` without breaking a lot of other ports, but users can make a trivial change in `perl5` if they want to do so at their own risk. About whether or not to keep `perl5.18` around in the future: please continue the discussion at #50512 and #50000. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50711#comment:6> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X