Subject: Re: pkg/14815: two files apparently missing when installing mozilla-0.9.6
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: James Chacon <jchacon@genuity.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/26/2002 02:24:05
The problem is 404 > 6 which is what will happen when it extracts versions
for perl to compare against.
We need to add something which explicitly states that 404 is too old.
James
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>[ On Sunday, March 24, 2002 at 00:53:07 (+0900), Shin'ichiro TAYA wrote: ]
>> Subject: Re: pkg/14815: two files apparently missing when installing mozilla-0.9.6
>>
>> Which version of perl do you use?
>>
>> chromelist.txt is generated by config/make-chromelist.pl.
>> According to following part, perl ver. 5.004.05 or later is required
>> to generate chromelist.txt.
>>
>> # This is necessary because this module is not present in Perl versions less
>> # than 5.004_05.
>> eval q{use File::Spec};
>> exit if $@;
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>Ah HA! Ver good detective work! I think you've found the "problem"! Thanks!
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>On my main i386 dev server I still have:
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> $ /usr/sbin/pkg_info -I perl
> perl-5.00404 Practical Extraction and Report Language
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>(I've been dreading having to rip out the ~20 packages that require it
>and most of which I use regularly every day.)
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>On my sparc dev server I have (compiled static-only) and on my new i386
>test server (both running 1.5W just like the main i386 dev server):
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> $ /usr/sbin/pkg_info -I perl
> perl-5.6.1nb6 Practical Extraction and Report Language
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>(which explains why I've seen some subtle differences between the builds
>on those machines from the main dev server, though until now I had not
>realised )
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>It sounds like mozilla needs something like this (instead of using
>${PERL5_REQD}):
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> BUILD_DEPENDS+= perl>=5.6:../../lang/perl5
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