Your Makefile has been rebuilt…
One might asume building a port from source should be fast and straight forward.
Not in this case, however…
# cd /usr/ports/devel/p5-File-Tail
# make clean build
===> Cleaning for perl-5.8.8
===> Cleaning for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
===> Extracting for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
=> MD5 Checksum OK for File-Tail-0.99.3.tar.gz.
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for File-Tail-0.99.3.tar.gz.
===> p5-File-Tail-0.99.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 – found
===> Patching for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
===> p5-File-Tail-0.99.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 – found
===> Applying FreeBSD patches for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
===> p5-File-Tail-0.99.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 – found
===> Configuring for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
File::Tail will be installed without debugging information.
This information isn’t usefull unless you intend to tinker
with the code. To install with debugging enabled, use:
perl Makefile.PL LOGIT
Checking if your kit is complete…
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Mail
==> Your Makefile has been rebuilt. Please rerun the make command. Cleaning for perl-5.8.8
===> Cleaning for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
===> Extracting for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
=> MD5 Checksum OK for File-Tail-0.99.3.tar.gz.
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for File-Tail-0.99.3.tar.gz.
===> p5-File-Tail-0.99.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 – found
===> Patching for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
===> p5-File-Tail-0.99.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 – found
===> Applying FreeBSD patches for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
===> p5-File-Tail-0.99.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 – found
===> Configuring for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
File::Tail will be installed without debugging information.
This information isn’t usefull unless you intend to tinker
with the code. To install with debugging enabled, use:
perl Makefile.PL LOGIT
Checking if your kit is complete…
Looks good
Writing Makefile for File::Tail
===> Building for p5-File-Tail-0.99.3
cp Tail.pm blib/lib/File/Tail.pm
Manifying blib/man3/File::Tail.3
So we learn an important lesson from this: Perl’s MakeMaker does not only fail the build process if the system clock is set incorrectly.
It does so also if the timestamps on any source files and MakeMaker’s own perl modules have a time leap forward.
