From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 28 20:51:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10CEC1065674 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:51:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from blue.stonehenge.com (cl-52.chi-02.us.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:4978:f:33::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E03888FC13 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:51:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6D1191DE4E2; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:51:48 -0800 (PST) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.17.2.13; tzolkin = 4 Ben; haab = 11 Kayab Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:51:48 -0800 Message-ID: <86zl2tkrrv.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: how do I tell ports that perl5.8 should never be installed? 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: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:51:50 -0000 I've upgraded to Perl 5.10, but when I tried to install a few things that depended on "perl", the package installed perl5.8, because that must be what it was compiled with. How do I tell the ports system that perl5.8 should *never* be used, and rather than install a package that needs it, I can fall back to a port build? I'm using portsnap to update things, so I don't think i can just delete the 5.8 port, because it will likely just get reinstalled. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion