Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:57:16 -0500 From: parv <parv@pair.com> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 4.x & Perl ports (was Re: How to install perl-Tk) Message-ID: <20031215235715.GA1146@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <3FDE0D90.8010607@math.missouri.edu> References: <3FDE00C0.7080706@math.missouri.edu> <20031215135135.4de94260.ah61@mlz.us> <3FDE0D90.8010607@math.missouri.edu>
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in message <3FDE0D90.8010607@math.missouri.edu>, wrote Stephen Montgomery-Smith thusly... > > I see that this command actually replaces /usr/bin/perl with > a link to /usr/local/bin/perl. Is it possible that running such > a command could mess up the base system (since I have seen > messages to the effect that parts of the base system relies on the > fact that the base perl is the old one). Or does the base system > usually use perl5, which I notice that the above command does not > change? Some/All of the issues have discussed in past; search the archive (somewhere). I have not used "use.perl"; i have done what it does and some more myself. OTOH, others seem to be happy/satisfied w/ use.perl use. To get some details, see... http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/58406 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/57151 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/57134 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/41513 ...and there was another PR/mail thread (perhaps related to razor-agents) which discussed the installation of the modules (by some ports) even when the dependency modules are already available in Perl 5.8(.2). - Parv --
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