Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:49:13 -0700 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: "Dieter BSD" <dieterbsd@engineer.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing X11 gives perl version conflict Message-ID: <86k4cbnv2u.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <20110624051018.320540@gmx.com> (Dieter BSD's message of "Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:10:15 %2B0000") References: <20110624051018.320540@gmx.com>
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>>>>> "Dieter" == Dieter BSD <dieterbsd@engineer.com> writes: Dieter> Attempt to install package xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.2.tbz Dieter> gives conflict between perl-5.10.1_3 and perl-5.12.3 Dieter> even when installing into clean directory tree. Packages seem like a great idea when you get started, but they're all built with the default configs, and those don't necessarily line up. Always build from source. Always build from source. When you installed 5.12 Perl, it put a marker in /etc/make.conf such that had you built the xf86-video-fbdev from source, it would have depended on 5.12 Perl, not the 5.10 Perl baked in to the default package. Do that, and all will be well. Yes, I had to learn this the hard way a year ago, so now I pass along that knowledge. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion
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