p5-DateTime 1.39 broken

[Matthew Seaman]

On 27/09/2016 00:35, Gary Newcombe wrote:
> Looks like devel/p5-DateTime builds but is failing with the following
> at runtime.
> 
> Can't locate Params/ValidationCompiler.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Params::ValidationCompiler module) (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/mach/5.20 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.20/mach /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.20 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.20 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.20/mach .) at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/DateTime/TimeZone/OffsetOnly.pm line 12, <DATA> line 1.
> 
> The author, Dave Rolsky, says of Params/ValidationCompiler:
> 
> "This is very alpha. The module name could change. Everything could
> change. You have been warned."
> 
> So why he's using it in DateTime-1.39 who knows.
> 
> Just in case you hadn't noticed given the popularity of p5-DateTime.
> This broke a lot of scripts for me.

p5-DateTime was reverted to an earlier version that doesn't require
Params/ValidationCompiler.  Update your ports and try again please.

I have a port of p5-Params-ValidationCompiler almost ready to go into
the tree -- the warning about the code being 'very alpha'
notwithstanding, if the authors of important modules like DateTime think
it's suitable to use, I can't see any reason not to at least have it
available for everyone to test for themselves.

	Cheers,

	Matthew


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