OT: mod_perl freebsd port

naChoZ has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Mostly OT question.

I'd like to install mod_perl from ports on freebsd, but even if I do something as simple as 'make extract' it complains:

  Error: you don't have the right version of perl in /usr/bin.
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This is correct, I want to install it against the version of perl in /usr/local/bin not against the version in /usr/bin.

Any advice?

I cannot use the 'use.perl' script because that takes over the /usr/bin/perl binary which I must leave untouched. (see CLM)

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naChoZ

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Re: OT: mod_perl freebsd port by dga (Hermit) on Jul 23, 2003 at 15:26 UTC
The makefile should have the paths of the things it wants to find. (perl, the lib directories etc). Changing that should give you what you want. If there is a configure script, it should have an option to specify where these things all live on the configure command line.	[reply]
Re: Re: OT: mod_perl freebsd port by naChoZ (Curate) on Jul 23, 2003 at 16:02 UTC
Yes, I've tried that. Continues to give the same exact error message no matter what I do. After inspecting `/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk`, it looked like I could add `PERL=/usr/local/bin/perl` and `PERL5=/usr/local/bin/perl`. Doesn't change anything though, same error. ~~ naChoZ	[reply]
Re: OT: mod_perl freebsd port by jsprat (Curate) on Jul 23, 2003 at 17:27 UTC
I built mod_perl from ports, but I use the 5.8.0 from ports. Looking at the Makefile, it looks like you need to override the defaults of PERL5, PERL_VER and PERL_VERSION. A command line like `make PERL5=/usr/local/bin/perl PERL_VER=5.8.0 PERL_VERSION=5.8.0` should do the trick (but no promises ;). Be sure to use the same arguments for make install. If all else fails, build it by hand. HTH... Update: s/PERL/PERL5/ in command line Update 2: Note that there should not be a -D, ie: not '-DPERL5=...' but 'PERL5=...'	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: OT: mod_perl freebsd port by naChoZ (Curate) on Jul 23, 2003 at 19:29 UTC
I tried it. No luck. Very strange. I've used make -Dvariable in the past with no troubles, but nothing I did would change its mind about perl being in `/usr/bin/perl`. I even did `make -DPERL=/usr/local/bin/perl -VPERL` (as well as `-E`) and it would output `/usr/bin/perl` Anyway, I finally just cheated and edited the `/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk` file temporarily and that worked. ~~ naChoZ	[reply]