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Date:      Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:38:06 +0100
From:      "Rob MacGregor" <freebsd.macgregor@blueyonder.co.uk>
To:        <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Upgrade Perl to 5.8.7
Message-ID:  <200508291638.j7TGc7se026708@the-macgregors.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050829161319.E07AD2E900@smtp02.isdsl.net>

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On Monday, August 29, 2005 5:14 PM, Gawie Marais (Home) <> unleashed the
infinite monkeys and produced:

> Hi
> 
> We are trying to install a package on freeBSD that requires Perl 5.8.7
> 
> Is there any way to install Perl 5.8.7 through the ports as the latest
> version I can install is Perl 5.8.5
> 
> If that is the latest version available through the ports, then can someone
> point me in the right direction to get version 5.8.7 installed ??
> 
> * I have perl-5.8.7.tbz download from the net, but I can't figure out how to
> install it.

You have a (very) out of date ports tree.  5.8.7 was added to the tree over 2
months ago.

-- 
 Rob | Oh my God! They killed init! You bastards!




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