From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 16 17:40:17 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 EE04116A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:40:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp1.utdallas.edu (smtp1.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF48043D48 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:40:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd49554 (utd49554.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.85]) by smtp1.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74C3D388CDA; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:40:17 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:40:31 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Gustafson, Tim" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <44vfc5hfc6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <44vfc5hfc6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Threaded Perl on 4.10-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:40:18 -0000 --On Tuesday, November 16, 2004 12:30:01 PM -0500 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > I don't believe so, but note that the perl port will *not* install > over the base system one; they will coexist on your system, and you > can switch back and forth. [The port will install a script called > "use.perl" for this purpose.] Note, however, that if you switch from one to the other (base to system or vice versa) you have to recompile all perl "apps" (CPAN modules, mod-perl, etc.) If you have a lot of them, this takes some pre-planning. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu