Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 13:10:16 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Perl upgrade Message-ID: <20090509131016.66f4332f@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <4A05637C.1040005@webrz.net> References: <4A05637C.1040005@webrz.net>
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On Sat, 09 May 2009 13:05:32 +0200 Jos Chrispijn <jos@webrz.net> wrote: > Not that I am that paranoid, but can someone tell me why Perl 5.8 is > not automatically updated to 5.10 thru the ports, but (accordingly by > UPDATING) has to be updated by some manual interaction? That's the way the port system works. perl5.6, perl5.8 and perl5.10 are separate ports, making it automatic would involve forcing people off perl5.8 and marking it as "moved".
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