Kde-windows Digest, Vol 123, Issue 13

[John M Gamble]

Alternatively, there's strawberry perl: <http://strawberryperl.com/>.

Not trying to proclaim one over the other; I use both. I don't know
what your requirements are with respect to your tools.

     -john

On 12/24/2015 6:00 AM, kde-windows-request at kde.org wrote:
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>     1. [kde-windows] [Bug 357117] New: Changed ActivePerl version
>        (Jonathan via KDE Bugzilla)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 11:00:39 +0000
> From: Jonathan via KDE Bugzilla <bugzilla_noreply at kde.org>
> To: kde-windows at kde.org
> Subject: [kde-windows] [Bug 357117] New: Changed ActivePerl version
> Message-ID: <bug-357117-76323 at http.bugs.kde.org/>
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> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=357117
>
>              Bug ID: 357117
>             Summary: Changed ActivePerl version
>             Product: kde-windows
>             Version: unspecified
>            Platform: MS Windows
>                  OS: MS Windows
>              Status: UNCONFIRMED
>            Severity: grave
>            Priority: NOR
>           Component: buildsystem
>            Assignee: kde-windows at kde.org
>            Reporter: jonathan at imatix.com
>
> Just like https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341518, perl-all.py needs
> updating to reflect currently available versions of Perl.
>
> Reproducible: Always
>
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Install perl with 'emerge perl'
>
> Actual Results:
> Scripts attempt to download Perl version 5.20.1, which is no longer available
>
> Expected Results:
> Should install correct version 5.22.0
>
> Simple fix:
>
> --- a/portage/dev-util/perl/perl-all.py
> +++ b/portage/dev-util/perl/perl-all.py
> @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ class subinfo(info.infoclass):
>              self.targets['5.20.1'] =
> "http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/releases/5.20.1.2000/ActivePerl-5.20.1.2000-MSWin32-x64-298557.zip"
>              self.targetDigests['5.20.1'] =
> '53e840d2c95c5cda335069371b9da1109ec264ce'
>              self.targetMergeSourcePath['5.20.1'] =
> "ActivePerl-5.20.1.2000-MSWin32-x64-298557\\perl"
> +           self.targets['5.22.0'] =
> "http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/releases/5.22.0.2200/ActivePerl-5.22.0.2200-MSWin32-x64-299195.zip"
> +           self.targetDigests['5.22.0'] =
> '204e2287ec23c44cc8b8d2c06d46355e993ccd49'
> +           self.targetMergeSourcePath['5.22.0'] =
> "ActivePerl-5.22.0.2200-MSWin32-x64-299195\\perl"
>           else:
>              self.targets['5.10.1'] =
> "http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/releases/5.10.1.1007/ActivePerl-5.10.1.1007-MSWin32-x86-291969.zip"
>              self.targetDigests['5.10.1'] =
> '9122a828b32d8b8499c73b61972eaec303698961'
> @@ -43,7 +46,11 @@ class subinfo(info.infoclass):
>              self.targets['5.20.1'] =
> "http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/releases/5.20.1.2000/ActivePerl-5.20.1.2000-MSWin32-x86-64int-298557.zip"
>              self.targetDigests['5.20.1'] =
> '75e2b0c635e16693e2146fed65ba5e98d387a2bd'
>              self.targetMergeSourcePath['5.20.1'] =
> "ActivePerl-5.20.1.2000-MSWin32-x86-64int-298557\\perl"
> -        self.defaultTarget = '5.20.1'
> +           self.targets['5.22.0'] =
> "http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/releases/5.22.0.2200/ActivePerl-5.22.0.2200-MSWin32-x64-299195.zip"
> +           self.targetDigests['5.22.0'] =
> '204e2287ec23c44cc8b8d2c06d46355e993ccd49'
> +           self.targetMergeSourcePath['5.22.0'] =
> "ActivePerl-5.22.0.2200-MSWin32-x64-299195\\perl"
> +
> +        self.defaultTarget = '5.22.0'
>       def setDependencies( self ):
>           self.buildDependencies['virtual/bin-base'] = 'default'
>
> A better solution could automatically detect and install the most recent
> version.
>