commit:     3e3d699eccc26655618b3ef55e78673ade7bf635
Author:     Kent Fredric <kentnl <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Mon Apr 17 11:40:28 2017 +0000
Commit:     Kent Fredric <kentnl <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Mon Apr 17 11:43:02 2017 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=3e3d699e

profiles: pmask dev-perl/encoding-warnings

This is mostly a long standing historical accident as its supposed
to be part of perl itself.

The CPAN version is also accumulating bugs so installing it is _WORSE_
than using the version shipped with perl, as perl > CPAN

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/615844
Bug: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121206
Bug: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=100538

 profiles/package.mask | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index c1db41eef79..d05de4d2f09 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Kent Fredric <[email protected]> (17 Apr 2017)
+# Should be provided by dev-lang/perl or a virtual since perl 5.9,
+# But was added accidentally in 2012. Don't depend on this,
+# and if you need a version newer than 0.11, ask perl project
+# for a virtual
+dev-perl/encoding-warnings
+
 # James Le Cuirot <[email protected]> (14 Apr 2017)
 # Outdated and stuck behind a temperamental registration wall that I
 # have lost my patience with. Removal in 30 days if no one cares

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