Re: [Fink-beginners] This version of Perl (5.018004) is not currently supported by Fink. Updating anyway, but you may encounter problems ???

[Alexander H. <ale...@gm...>]

> On Apr 19, 2019, at 14:37, Heinz Nabielek via Fink-beginners <fin...@li...> wrote:
> 
> This version of Perl (5.018004) is not currently supported by Fink ???
> Heinz
> 
>  System Version:	macOS 10.14.5 (18F108f)
>  Kernel Version:	Darwin 18.6.0
> 
> Darwin Heinzs-iMac.local 18.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 18.6.0: Sun Mar 31 23:13:18 PDT 2019; root:xnu-4903.260.74~12/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
> 
> ...fink -V
> Package manager version: 0.44.1
> Distribution version: selfupdate-git Fri Apr 19 23:25:51 2019, 10.14, x86_64
> Trees: local/main stable/main
> 
> ....gcc --version
> Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
> Apple LLVM version 10.0.1 (clang-1001.0.46.3)
> Target: x86_64-apple-darwin18.6.0
> Thread model: posix
> InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin
> 
> 
> 
> Updating b8eeeb8e79..7423cec8b1
> Fast-forward
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/help2man-perl.info       |   4 +--
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/editors/nano-cur.info          |  67 ++++++--------------------------------
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/editors/nano.info              |  60 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/editors/vim.info               |   6 ++--
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/graphics/gd3.info              |  11 ++++++-
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc5-10.14.info      |   7 +++-
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc5-xcode10.2.patch | 138 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc6-10.14.info      |   7 +++-
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc6-xcode10.2.patch | 138 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc7-10.14.info      |   7 +++-
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc7-xcode10.2.patch | 138 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc8-10.14.info      |   7 +++-
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc8-xcode10.2.patch | 138 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/sci/bowtie2.info               |   4 +--
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/web/nginx-cur.info             | 152 +++++++-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/web/nginx.info                 |  43 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 16 files changed, 682 insertions(+), 245 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc5-xcode10.2.patch
> create mode 100644 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc6-xcode10.2.patch
> create mode 100644 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc7-xcode10.2.patch
> create mode 100644 10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc8-xcode10.2.patch
> Scanning package description files..........
> Information about 10604 packages read in 1 seconds.
> WARNING! This version of Perl (5.018004) is not currently supported by Fink.  Updating anyway, but you may encounter problems.
> 
> ______

Yes.  The Fink code relies on the system’s Perl.  On my 10.14.5 system this is still 5.18.2 (5.018002).  Apple doesn’t normally change Perl during an OS lifecycle.  We don’t test third-party updates.




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Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison