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Date:      Thu, 8 Oct 1998 18:54:56 +0100
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
To:        Ketung hsiao <Ketung.hsiao@losangeles.af.mil>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Perl -v
Message-ID:  <19981008185456.B20844@pavilion.net>
In-Reply-To: <361CE5ED.38EC6282@losangeles.af.mil>; from Ketung hsiao on Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 09:18:53AM -0700
References:  <361CE5ED.38EC6282@losangeles.af.mil>

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On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 09:18:53AM -0700, Ketung hsiao wrote:
> Please solve this mystery for me.  I'd really appreciate it.
> I use FreeBSD 2.2.6 CD for my Unix installation.
> I installed all the ports.
> 
> I then did:
>     cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5
>     make install
> 
> after this:
>     perl -v  still give me "This is perl, verision 4.0"
> 
> I tried "make deinstall", then "make reinstall".
> I still get "This is perl, verision 4.0" for "perl -v" command.
> 
> I had successfully installed perl 5 before this, but can't duplicate it.
> 
> This drive me nuts.  Pls help.

/usr/bin/perl is perl4
/usr/local/bin/perl is perl5.

Under version 3.x of FreeBSD this will change to:
/usr/bin/perl = perl5
/usr/local/bin/perl won't exist.

Joe
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Josef Karthauser
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