Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:13:36 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Perl 5.8 -> 5.10 On Current Production System Message-ID: <4B8FEA40.9040203@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4B8FE844.6060804@tundraware.com> References: <4B8FDA6A.9090308@tundraware.com> <4B8FDC32.6090204@eskk.nu> <4B8FE844.6060804@tundraware.com>
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On 04/03/2010 17:05:08, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> On 3/4/2010 10:13 AM, Leslie Jensen wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2010-03-04 17:06, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
>>> Is there a recommended procedure I can read somewhere on how to
>>> upgrade an
>>> entire production system from Perl 5.8 to 5.10 (or whatever is current)
>>> cleanly?
>>
>> /usr/ports/UPDATING ;-)
>
>
> Thanks to all for pointing to this.
>
> However, when I run:
>
> portupgrade -o lang/perl5.10 -f perl-5.8\.*
>
> I get this problem:
>
> ---> Upgrading 'perl-5.8.9_3' to 'perl-5.10.1' (lang/perl5.10)
> ---> Building '/usr/ports/lang/perl5.10'
> ===> Cleaning for perl-5.10.1
>
> ===> perl-5.10.1 conflicts with installed package(s):
> perl-5.8.9_3
>
> They install files into the same place.
> Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
> *** Error code 1
>
>
> I supposed I could do a forced manual removal of perl, but isn't that what the '-f'
> arg in the portupgrade is supposed to do?
>
You got bitten by an ill-considered change introduced after the UPDATING
instructions were written. To work around it, you need to set
DISABLE_CONFLICTS when rebuilding the port, eg like this:
# portupgrade -m DISABLE_CONFLICTS=yes -o lang/perl5.10 -f perl-5.8\.*
Please feel free to complain volubly about this: it's hand-holding for
newbies which annoys and incoveniences the vastly larger number of
non-newbies (ie. anyone who has been using the ports for more than a few
weeks.)
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate
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