From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 20 13:13: 4 2002 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 F192F37B401 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:13:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEA8543E6E for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:13:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAKLCqx2056512 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:12:52 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAKLCloJ056511 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:12:47 GMT Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:12:47 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports and Perl version Message-ID: <20021120211247.GA55402@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:33:28AM -0800, Dayne Miller wrote: > Anyway, I went to install Nagios (via ports) the other day, and the SNMP plugin > install quit because of complaints that it needed a newer version of Perl that > that which came with the system. Since I actually have that newer version > already in, I just need to figure out where the port Makefiles are pulling their > path info from. Or find a way to explicitly state which Perl version to use in > the make process. I'm unsure of how to do this. Just type: # use.perl port Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message