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Date:      Sat, 9 May 2009 08:58:14 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com>
To:        Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
Cc:        Jos Chrispijn <jos@webrz.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Perl upgrade
Message-ID:  <20090509085542.F56540@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
In-Reply-To: <4A058450.2020606@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Sat, 9 May 2009, Matthew Seaman wrote:

> However, I expect the consensus on the minimum supported version to change
> over time and more use to be made of 5.10 specific features, so I'd certainly
> recommend installing brand new machines with perl-5.10 in order to minimize
> the potential for future pain.

I concur.  If you do the pkg_info thing and the list of stuff depending on
perl is very short, by all means upgrade before it gets long.

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Lars Eighner
http://www.larseighner.com/index.html
8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266




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