From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 27 22:34:08 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 2439D16A433 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:34:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from software@schmittnet.com) Received: from host.idesigns.net (host.idesigns.net [209.239.38.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 833AB43D49 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:34:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from software@schmittnet.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ct-seymour2d-19.wtrbct.adelphia.net [68.71.172.19]) by host.idesigns.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j5RMXvhZ006834; Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:33:59 -0400 Message-ID: <42C07EDF.6080002@schmittnet.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:34:07 -0400 From: "Bill Schmitt (SW)" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: scuba@centroin.com.br References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenWebMail won't make X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:34:08 -0000 scuba@centroin.com.br wrote: >Hi Bill, > >On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Bill Schmitt (SW) wrote: > >|I've been trying to install openwebmail. I've tried portupgrade and make >|and both seem to have the same issue. I get an error message that perl >|5.6.1 or higher is needed and suggesting that I install 5.8. I've done >|that (several times) but I still get the error message. Has anyone come >|across this and have a solution? I'm running FBSD 4.9. > > What the command bellow shows to you: > > # perl -v > > Following is a script to upgrade perl: > > > i) Install the perl5.8 port: > > # portinstall lang/perl5.8 > > - or - > > # cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8 > # make install > > ii) Set the new version of perl to be the default. (This also turns > off building perl as part of the base system): > > # use.perl port > > iii) Re-install any 3rd party modules, etc that you've installed so > the new perl can access them. There should be a neater way of > doing this... > > # find /usr/local/lib/perl5/{site_perl/5.005,5.00503} -type f \ > -print0 | \ xargs -0 -n 1 pkg_which | sort -u /tmp/perl-ports > > # vi perl-ports > > [ Sanity check the results: take out any non-ports (like > '?'), ports that are now bundled with perl or that you no > longer wish to have installed ] > > # portupgrade -f `cat /tmp/perl-ports` > > iv) All of the versions of automake use perl and have the version to use >as the 1st line. You need to: > > portupgrade -f automake > > to get things ready for your new version of perl. > >- Marcelo Souza > > > > > I thank you very much Marcelo. I had forgotten about the use.perl thing (I'm rebuilding a crashed system).