From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 28 21:49:31 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 D3BD31065672 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f173.google.com (mail-pz0-f173.google.com [209.85.222.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A796F8FC23 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:49:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk3 with SMTP id 3so1388908pzk.24 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:49:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=OHF28BtitvjsSumuEHV6kUF9suGjW0QQZVcCdMq6+jw=; b=KZ9L+u2AWFq5KRKV2KDv1Qyj1cmLFwHlGyhAgXuogzOCDhwm2yx5So2gOdg2JyIRU6 1MUZkm4sD4HAAxtL39XW184XB5fbrNRZcQLpVzX6jHwevTcFf2vH3hj/VENxT6KkHr1g honwmQLGsDwIHW2jmMUoArOFVCmhwGvKiMCqE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=mcgUHJLCyUeh58F7RvTjvdRVPMSjClG4lSQr5bIPbe49kjFK4DNMtbM9rjof5VSfmU fq2dJg+j25B9Kio7xzbbF3SvaACps8a5B7o3aa5XSvdVfO/g2EGU9Y9VVbU/WBkn+Hnc IkgAoSmnXnsupTjQFN8/qwSD2GfzoQRAUrylM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.56.19 with SMTP id e19mr2014241wfa.279.1267393763049; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:49:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <86zl2tkrrv.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> References: <86zl2tkrrv.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:49:23 -0600 Message-ID: <6201873e1002281349n2bcfd16dte6fdce53cd14c1db@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: "Randal L. Schwartz" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 21:49:31 -0000 On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > 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. > See /usr/ports/UPDATING and /etc/make.conf -- Adam Vande More