From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 5 22:02:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BCB516A4CE for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2004 22:02:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.apfel.de (mail.apfel.de [212.12.33.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 793C543D48 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2004 22:02:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from michael@apfel.de) Received: from [10.0.0.17] (pD9ED69DD.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.237.105.221]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.apfel.de (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i75M2nDG005934; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 00:02:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from michael@apfel.de) Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 00:02:51 +0200 From: Michael Beckmann To: Odhiambo Washington Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20040723133852.GI99676@ns2.wananchi.com> References: <20040705084712.GA2805@ns2.wananchi.com> <40E97899.3020001@mac.com> <20040720000322.GA65091@mail.apfel.de> <20040723133852.GI99676@ns2.wananchi.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: problem with /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 22:02:53 -0000 --On Freitag, 23. Juli 2004 16:38 +0300 Odhiambo Washington wrote: > * Charlie Root [20040720 03:04]: wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 11:49:45AM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: >> > Odhiambo Washington wrote: >> > > I am trying to install perl-5.8.4 on a 4.10-STABLE box, but the build >> > > always fails with MIME::Base64. >> > >> > Did you have an older version of perl-5.8 on that system? You might >> > find it useful to pkg_delete p5-* and the older perl before building >> > 5.8.4. >> >> I have the same problem. It is not solved by following your suggestion. >> > > Hi Michael, > > Ever gotten a solution to the perl stuff?? Yes, the solution was to remove the old file /usr/local/include/patchlevel.h . After that, I could build the perl 5.8.5 port just fine. The solution was posted here: I guess the reason why -stable users are experiencing the problem is, that they often have old upgraded systems which have stale files lying around. Michael