From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 14 15:50:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA13630 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 15:50:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from milehigh.denver.net (milehigh.denver.net [204.144.180.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA13591 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 15:49:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdc@milehigh.denver.net) Received: (from jdc@localhost) by milehigh.denver.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) id QAA09350; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 16:50:32 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <19971114165032.42720@denver.net> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 16:50:32 -0700 From: John-David Childs To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perl on 2.2.5 References: <199711142215.OAA01337@inertia.dfacades.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <199711142215.OAA01337@inertia.dfacades.com>; from Daniel Leeds on Fri, Nov 14, 1997 at 02:15:06PM -0800 Organization: Enterprise Internet Solutions Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Friday November 14, 1997, Daniel Leeds had this to say about "perl on 2.2.5": > > > i notice perl is version 4 on 2.2.x which is fine. > > if i wish to compile perl 5.004_01 also, can i rename the /usr/bin/perl > to perl4 and install perl5 in /usr/local without them clobbering each > others necessary files?? > I've actually been deleteing perl from /usr/bin and /usr/share/perl since 2.1.7 and installing the latest version(s) of perl in /usr/local. There are a few system scripts that look for perl in /usr/bin, but a symlink to /usr/local/bin/perl has worked flawlessly for me so far (knock on silicon ;-) -- John-David Childs (JC612) Enterprise Internet Solutions System Administrator @denver.net/Internet-Coach/@ronan.net & Network Engineer 1031 S. Parker Rd. #I-8 Denver, CO 80231 As of this^H^H^H^H next week, passwords will be entered in Morse code.