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diff --git a/devel/p5-Task-Weaken/Makefile b/devel/p5-Task-Weaken/Makefile
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+# Ports collection makefile for:	p5-Task-Weaken
+# Date created:				Apr 5, 2007
+# Whom:					lbr@freebsd.org
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	Task-Weaken
+PORTVERSION=	0.99
+CATEGORIES=	devel perl5
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN}
+MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	Task
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
+
+MAINTAINER=	lbr@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Ensure that a platform has weaken support
+
+PERL_CONFIGURE=	yes
+
+MAN3=	Task::Weaken.3
+
+.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
+.if ${PERL_LEVEL} < 500805
+IGNORE=	requires at least Perl 5.8.5. (Re-)install lang/perl5.8 and try again
+.endif
+.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/devel/p5-Task-Weaken/distinfo b/devel/p5-Task-Weaken/distinfo
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+++ b/devel/p5-Task-Weaken/distinfo
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+MD5 (Task-Weaken-0.99.tar.gz) = 92de456b6d1be928428babb7ebcdc6c1
+SHA256 (Task-Weaken-0.99.tar.gz) = bc1bd0fa3c77eb090f4a7dbeca349a503d686471fbd1fc5ffa8c07f2ab785e0e
+SIZE (Task-Weaken-0.99.tar.gz) = 19917
diff --git a/devel/p5-Task-Weaken/pkg-descr b/devel/p5-Task-Weaken/pkg-descr
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+One recurring problem in modules that use Scalar::Util's weaken function is
+that it is not present in the pure-perl variant.
+
+While this isn't necesarily always a problem in a straight CPAN-based Perl
+environment, some operating system distributions only include the pure-Perl
+versions, don't include the XS version, and so weaken is then "missing" from
+the platform, despite passing a dependency on Scalar::Util successfully.
+
+Most notably this is RedHat Linux at time of writing, but other come and go
+and do the same thing, hence "recurring problem".
+
+The normal solution is to manually write tests in each distribution to ensure
+that weaken is available.
+
+This restores the functionality testing to a dependency you do once in your
+Makefile.PL, rather than something you have to write extra tests for each
+time you write a module.
+
+It should also help make the package auto-generators for the various
+operating systems play more nicely, because it introduces a dependency that
+they have to have a proper weaken in order to work.
+
+WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Task-Weaken/
diff --git a/devel/p5-Task-Weaken/pkg-plist b/devel/p5-Task-Weaken/pkg-plist
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+%%SITE_PERL%%/Task/Weaken.pm
+%%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Task/Weaken/.packlist
+@dirrmtry %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Task/Weaken
+@dirrmtry %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Task
+@dirrmtry %%SITE_PERL%%/Task/Weaken
+@dirrmtry %%SITE_PERL%%/Task