graphics/gimp-app dependency

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nixlike

I was recently attempting to install via ports graphics/gimp and one of the dependencies was graphics/gimp-app. The compile of gimp-app seemed to go ok, but the installation seemed to fail with this.
Code: 
===>  Installing for gimp-app-2.8.10_1,1
===>  Checking if graphics/gimp-app already installed
pkg_add: could not find package perl-5.14.4 !

I have Perl installed and the package registered, but it's perl-5.16.
Code: 
[root@byte /usr/ports/graphics/gimp]# pkg_info|grep perl
p5-Filter-1.49      Number of source filters for perl5 programs
perl5-5.16.3_6      Practical Extraction and Report Language

How can I find out what is looking for 5.14.4 to correct the behavior? I didn't see any references to perl-5.14.4 in any files under /usr/ports/graphics/gimp-app or in /usr/ports/Mk. I am not sure what and how the older version of Perl is being referenced.
 
Dear @trh411,

I have had a similar issue and finally I have found that the version is extracted in /usr/ports/Mk/Users/perl5.mk. The relevant lines seem to me at the top of the file.
Code: 
     34 .if !defined(_INCLUDE_USES_PERL5_MK)
     35 _INCLUDE_USES_PERL5_MK= yes
     36 
     37 .if defined(perl5_ARGS)
     38 IGNORE= Incorrect 'USES+=perl5:${perl5_ARGS}' perl5 takes no arguments
     39 .endif
     40 
     41 USE_PERL5?=     run build
     42 
     43 .if exists(${LOCALBASE}/bin/perl5)
     44 .sinclude "${LOCALBASE}/etc/perl5_version"
     45 .if !defined(PERL_VERSION)
     46 PERL_VERSION!=  perl -e 'printf "%vd\n", $$^V;'
     47 .endif
     48 .else
     49 .include "${PORTSDIR}/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk"
     50 .if ${PERL5_DEFAULT} == 5.12
     51 PERL_VERSION=   5.12.5
     52 .elif ${PERL5_DEFAULT} == 5.14
     53 PERL_VERSION=   5.14.4
     54 .elif ${PERL5_DEFAULT} == 5.16
     55 PERL_VERSION=   5.16.3
     56 .elif ${PERL5_DEFAULT} == 5.18
     57 PERL_VERSION=   5.18.1
     58 .else
     59 IGNORE= Invalid perl5 version ${PERL5_DEFAULT}
     60 .endif
     61 .endif
     62 
     63 PERL_VER?=      ${PERL_VERSION:C/\.[0-9]+$//}
I think that the code above might have problems to find out that perl5-5.16.3_6 is newer than perl5.14-5.14.4_4. As a workaround I have inserted in line 62
Code: 
PERL_VERSION=   5.16.3
I know that this is a dirty hack but it fixed the problem for me. After a few updates of the port my fix has been replaced automatically by the original code. If anybody requests I will try to install a port which needs an early Perl version to find out if the issue will pop up again. Does anybody knows which part of the name specifies the Perl version? The question is if either perl5-5.16.3_6 should be perl5.16-5.16.3_6 or if the line 46 in the code above should be improved. A different hook to apply a work around might be in using /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk. The how to do is explained in the file. I am not sure about the best practice to cover the situation.
 
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This is my bsd.default-versions.mk file.

Code: 
.if !defined(_INCLUDE_BSD_DEFAULT_VERSIONS_MK)
_INCLUDE_BSD_DEFAULT_VERSIONS_MK=       yes

.for lang in ${DEFAULT_VERSIONS}
_l=             ${lang:C/=.*//g}
${_l:U}_DEFAULT=        ${lang:C/.*=//g}
.endfor

PERL5_DEFAULT?=         5.16
RUBY_DEFAULT?=          1.9
TCLTK_DEFAULT?=         8.6
PYTHON_DEFAULT?=        2.7
PYTHON2_DEFAULT?=       2.7
PYTHON3_DEFAULT?=       3.3

.endif
 
I didn't manipulate anything, but simply showed what mine reflected. I am still trying understand how I can track down what is referencing that old version of Perl. Any insight is welcome for sure.
 
Dear @pkubaj,

Thank you very much for the information. I have faced a similar problem and proposed a workaround as above. I have read 20131023 in /usr/ports/UPDATING. I am not sure if this change is effective during a first install of the system from the ports. I have done the install just a couple of days ago. If I will have a similar problem in the future I will first check not just the latest entries since installation of /usr/ports/UPDATING for relevant information and update of the port database. Thank you!

Dear @nixlike,

From my understanding the content of /usr/ports/INDEX* reflects the dependencies. Seeking with grep the different versions of Perl in the files should give some insight where the dependencies are. In my case one of the latest sequences of portsnap fetch portsnap update has fixed the dependency issue. Now everything related to Perl depends on version 5.16 only.
 
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I ran a portsnap fetch and a portsnap update to see if that might help, but I got the same error.

Code: 
===>  Checking if graphics/gimp-app already installed
pkg_add: could not find package perl-5.14.4 !
*** [install-package] Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/gimp-app.
*** [install] Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/gimp-app.
*** [run-depends] Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/gimp.
*** [install] Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/gimp.
 
Dear @nixlike, I am not sure if you are mixing packages and ports. As far as I have learned this is not a good idea. Especially if something like GIMP is involved which has a huge amount of dependencies. If I have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/ports/graphics.htm there is a dependency to perl-5.14.2_3. May be this is the issue about the pkg_add response of your post above. Have you tried to install GIMP by pkg_add gimp or by make install in /usr/ports/graphics/gimp? The hint in the previous post should be helpful in case the installation is done from the ports. Unfortunately I am not sure how to handle the situation in case of installation via packages.
 
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I am using the ports tree to compile gimp-app from source. I untarred the tbz that gimp-app created and peered into the +CONTENTS file and found the below.

Code: 
@comment DEPORIGIN:security/nettle
@pkgdep perl5-5.16.3_6
@comment DEPORIGIN:lang/perl5.16
@pkgdep perl-5.14.4
@comment DEPORIGIN:lang/perl5.14
 
I converted to pkgng and reran the make install command for gimp-app and it successfully installed. I am moving on. Thanks for everyone's comments.
 
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