[MacPorts] #34495: Binary archives for perl modules assume perl is built without threads

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#34495: Binary archives for perl modules assume perl is built without threads
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  Reporter:  cmc@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  defect            |      Status:  reopened                             
  Priority:  Normal            |   Milestone:                                       
 Component:  base              |     Version:  2.1.1                                
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:                                       
      Port:                    |  
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Comment(by ecronin@…):

 There is actually

 1a. All Perl module ports are "broken" in that the contents of the port
 with an identical name/version/variants vary (in incompatible ways) based
 on what perl port is active at the time the module is installed.  As I
 said in the first comment, you have exactly the same issues in an all-
 source-build environment when you switch from perl -threads to perl
 +threads-- every installed perl package becomes silently broken with no
 indication that anything is wrong or how to fix it.

 1b. The package being served up from the buildbot will always be incorrect
 for a significant number of users in a very confusing manner

 Until 1a is addressed (see mailing list discussions recently about
 revamping our perl ports, hopefully this would finally be addressed as
 part of that) would a good solution to 1b be to use the "archive_sites {}"
 trick in the perl5 portgroup to prevent binary packages from the buildbot
 being downloaded?  Most perl modules are a quick build, and it seems far
 better to make everyone spend a few more seconds installing p5.12-foo and
 getting something that works than to have half the users get broken
 packages like this ticket reported.  And as a stopgap the perl ports
 should have a post_activate notes warning that all installed perl modules
 need reinstalling and what the command to do that is.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34495#comment:4>
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