[MacPorts] #34466: Add variant 'extra' to install HEAD, GET, POST

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Tue May 15 22:23:23 PDT 2012


#34466: Add variant 'extra' to install HEAD, GET, POST
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  Reporter:  robsonpeixoto@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  closed                               
  Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                                       
 Component:  ports                    |     Version:  2.1.0                                
Resolution:  wontfix                  |    Keywords:  haspatch                             
      Port:  p5-libwww-perl           |  
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: nomaintainer@… (removed)
  * keywords:  => haspatch
  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix


Comment:

 It is an error to install a binary called "HEAD" on a system with a case-
 insensitive filesystem like most Macs. Doing so leads to extreme badness
 as it conflicts with and can override the system's "head" binary which
 serves an entirely different purpose. There have been countless examples
 of this over past decade, both in MacPorts and elsewhere. We should not
 add this variant.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34466#comment:1>
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