Using ports tree revision 468536: # pkg-static info -x perl5 perl5.26-5.26.2 # cd /usr/ports/net/p5-Socket6 # make ===> p5-Socket6-0.28 depends on package: perl5>=5.26<5.27 - not found Add "set -x" to start of Mk/Scripts/do-depends.sh and repeat: + set -e + . /usr/ports/Mk/Scripts/functions.sh + validate_env dp_RAWDEPENDS dp_DEPTYPE dp_DEPENDS_TARGET dp_DEPENDS_PRECLEAN dp_DEPENDS_CLEAN dp_D EPENDS_ARGS dp_USE_PACKAGE_DEPENDS dp_USE_PACKAGE_DEPENDS_ONLY dp_PKG_ADD dp_PKG_INFO dp_WRKDIR dp_ PKGNAME dp_STRICT_DEPENDS dp_LOCALBASE dp_LIB_DIRS dp_SH dp_SCRIPTSDIR PORTSDIR dp_MAKE dp_MAKEFLAG S + local envfault + eval ': ${dp_RAWDEPENDS?}' + : 'perl5>=5.26<5.27:lang/perl5.26' + eval ': ${dp_DEPTYPE?}' + : BUILD_DEPENDS + eval ': ${dp_DEPENDS_TARGET?}' + : install + eval ': ${dp_DEPENDS_PRECLEAN?}' + : + eval ': ${dp_DEPENDS_CLEAN?}' + : + eval ': ${dp_DEPENDS_ARGS?}' + : + eval ': ${dp_USE_PACKAGE_DEPENDS?}' + : + eval ': ${dp_USE_PACKAGE_DEPENDS_ONLY?}' + : + eval ': ${dp_PKG_ADD?}' + : /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static add + eval ': ${dp_PKG_INFO?}' + : /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static info -g + eval ': ${dp_WRKDIR?}' + : /usr/ports/net/p5-Socket6/work + eval ': ${dp_PKGNAME?}' + : p5-Socket6-0.28 + eval ': ${dp_STRICT_DEPENDS?}' + : + eval ': ${dp_LOCALBASE?}' + : /usr/local + eval ': ${dp_LIB_DIRS?}' + : /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib + eval ': ${dp_SH?}' + : /bin/sh + eval ': ${dp_SCRIPTSDIR?}' + : /usr/ports/Mk/Scripts + eval ': ${PORTSDIR?}' + : /usr/ports + eval ': ${dp_MAKE?}' + : make + eval ': ${dp_MAKEFLAGS?}' + : + [ -n '' ] + [ -n '' -o -n '' ] + set -u + anynotfound=0 + err=0 + unset FLAVOR + myifs=$' \t ' + IFS=: + set -- 'perl5>=5.26<5.27' lang/perl5.26 + IFS=$' \t ' + [ 2 -lt 2 -o 2 -gt 3 ] + pattern='perl5>=5.26<5.27' + origin=lang/perl5.26 + last='' + [ -z 'perl5>=5.26<5.27' ] + [ -z lang/perl5.26 ] + origin=/usr/ports/lang/perl5.26 + depends_args='' + target=install + [ -n '' ] + fct=find_package + find_package 'perl5>=5.26<5.27' + /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static info -g 'perl5>=5.26<5.27' + echo '===> p5-Socket6-0.28 depends on package: perl5>=5.26<5.27 - not found' The script runs pkg-static info -g 'perl5>=5.26<5.27' but that's incorrect usage of "pkg-static info -g" which expects shell glob pattern.
A workaround is to create /etc/make.conf (did not exist before) and add there: DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl5=5.26 This should not be needed as 5.26 is default currently. Then I've rebuilt lang/perl5.26 to get installed package perl5-5.26.2 instead of perl5.26-5.26.2 and now do-depends.sh does not fail.
use a more correct resolution.