On 10/2/2025 08:42, Ryan Carsten Schmidt wrote:
On Feb 9, 2025, at 15:26, Maxim Abalenkov wrote:
sudo port -d install perl5 +perl5_40
This fails with ‘Dependency perl5.40 not found’. Obviously, I missed something
in the Portfile.
The portfiles is probably fine. You probably just need to run
sudo port -d install subport=perl5.40
The reason that perl5.40 can't be found as a dependency when installing
perl5 +perl5_40 is that it isn't in the index yet. You can run portindex
in your ports tree to change that, see
<https://guide.macports.org/#development.local-repositories>.
A sync or selfupdate will also run portindex, but be careful with that
if you are editing Portfiles in a tree synced using the default rsync
method, as syncing will wipe out your local changes. This is why using a
separate local tree is recommended for anything requiring more permanence.
- Josh
