From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Jan 3 3:30: 9 2001 From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 03:30:07 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83E2937B400 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 03:30:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f03BU7J41042; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 03:30:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 03:30:07 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200101031130.f03BU7J41042@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Will Andrews Subject: Re: ports/23878: New port: IO - various IO modules Reply-To: Will Andrews Sender: gnats@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/23878; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Will Andrews To: Sergey Skvortsov Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/23878: New port: IO - various IO modules Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 06:24:33 -0500 [ please keep your replies on the GNATS audit trail, thanks ] On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:36:53AM +0300, Sergey Skvortsov wrote: > as variant - update src/contrib/perl5/ext/IO. > perl 5.005_3 contains out-of-date version IO-1.15. this port - 1.20. > if possible update perl distribution - it's perfect. Hmm. Well, I'm sure it's possible to desire a specific version of a module if more than one is installed. Further, observe that while we have things like sendmail and perl included in the base system, we also have ports of them.. specifically for people who want/need a newer version than comes with FreeBSD. Guess where their PREFIX is aimed? -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message