From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 23 08:38:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6568816A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:38:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from voyager.twobirds.us (c-24-18-222-18.client.comcast.net [24.18.222.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41D1343D48 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:38:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joshua@twobirds.us) Received: from [12.18.154.2] (helo=localhost) by voyager.twobirds.us with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1B5ouH-00035w-FL; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:37:37 -0800 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:37:51 -0800 From: Joshua Lokken To: Keith Beattie Message-ID: <20040323163751.GA1856@cs025_2k> Mail-Followup-To: Keith Beattie , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <405F9372.4050401@lbl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <405F9372.4050401@lbl.gov> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Organization: Little to none... cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: To use.perl port or not? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:38:00 -0000 * Keith Beattie [2004-03-23 07:44]: > Hi all, > > I recently installed the perl-5.8.2_5 port and ran 'use.perl port' to make > that new perl the default system perl. I did several other upgrades at > about the same time and since then: kernel cvsup and rebuild to > 4.9-RELEASE-p4, and > weekly cvsup to update my installed ports. > > Searching the archives for 'use.perl' I found a suggestion that after > switching to use.perl port, one should reinstall programs that depend on > perl. Not sure how to make such a list, but it seems excessive. > > So, does it seem reasonable that switching perl could have caused/solved > this problem? How 'bleeding edge' is doing a 'use.perl port'? Is it > something that indeed requires a large rebuild of one's system? If so, how > does one go about finding the list of things which need to be rebuilt? /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade is a great tool for managing software and dependencies. Install it, read the man pages, and do: portupgrade -rf perl That's if you're using perl from the ports collection. It will rebuild all apps that require perl. -- Joshua To live is always desirable. -- Eleen the Capellan, "Friday's Child", stardate 3498.9