From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mail021.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail021.syd.optusnet.com.au [210.49.20.161]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A915DABB55 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 21:53:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (wdcax3-069.dialup.optusnet.com.au [198.142.248.69]) by mail021.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g7P2riw02167 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:53:44 +1000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7P2oJd16780 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:50:19 +1000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Evan Read To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Perl (Was Re: [gentoo-dev] Just some Feedback) Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:50:18 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.1 References: <3D67F3FC.8000002@doubleSlash.de> <20020824224159.06bf1ae6.mcummings@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20020824224159.06bf1ae6.mcummings@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200208251250.18550.eread@freeshell.org> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: cc0a43d5-7c3b-44ef-8d20-e3b585477072 X-Archives-Hash: 3704bb4548a952e1055574212a6030fd On Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:41, Michael Cummings wrote: > On Sat, 24 Aug 2002 23:00:44 +0200 > > Jan Schubert wrote: > > I've seen, that some ebuilds are not at the edge of the time: Perl is > > still 5.6.1, but 5.8 is out for some weeks now; Gentoo-sources refers > > still to a 2.4.19-pre > > 5.8 is in portage, masked. Perl 5.8's MakeMaker is incompatible with a = few > dozen of our ebuilds. Until I have finished reworking them and have the= m > verified by other users, I will not be unmasking 5.8. The version (-r2) > that is in portage right now is not perfect, there are still a few loos= e > ends to tie up in the final configuration, but you are welcome to unmas= k it > locally or force an emerge of it (emerge perl-5.8.0-r2.ebuild in > /usr/portage/sys-dev/perl/). Let us not have any perl upgrade until it is ready. Actually, let us not have any upgrade until it is ready ;) Evan.