[perl #121686] A request to backport a commit to perl 5.16

On Tue Apr 22 18:28:54 2014, moj...@macports.org wrote:
> Dear Developers,> > I would really like to see the following commit or something> equivalent backported to maint-5.16 if possible (for the next 5.16.4> release):> > http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/7db66e12883f0832ca80164b723768b848187bda?f=perl.h> > See:> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/43150> > With the latest XCode 5.1 upgrade and stricter syntax checks in clang> 3.4, some Perl modules don't build any longer on OS X 10.8/10.9.> > As a consequence a lot of modules/packages (like wxPerl) are broken> when used with Perl 5.16 and compiled with clang 3.4 or later on OS X.> > (I didn't test with 5.14 or 5.12, so maybe a similar trick is needed> there as well.)

This is a duplicate of 121686, so I've merged 121714 into that.

As a summary of the discussion: it's seems safe to backport that change, but it's unlikely there will be a 5.16.4 release, since 5.20.0 will be released soonish, putting 5.16 outside of the maintenance window.

Tony

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