Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:54:38 -0800 From: Tony Jones <tony@tonyjones.com> To: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Perl 5.8.2 problems (was Re: how to build Spamassassin) Message-ID: <20031211175438.9A62B5F6@zebedee.tonyjones.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:43:03 PST." <78BF5F0A-2C01-11D8-8C05-000A95BBCCF8@mac.com>
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> why is it in /usr/local/perl/bin? As far as I have seen, the ports
> collection doesn't do that. did you install as a port (make install in
> /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8)?
Yes. make install PREFIX=/usr/local/perl
Is that bad? I like to have large packages installed into seperate
sub-directories in /usr/local rather than all competing for /usr/local/{bin,lib,
etc}.
> What would happen if you were to use portinstall perl5.8 and
> portinstall spamassassin? You may need to install the portupgrade
> package if you haven't already done so.
I'm very unfamiliar with the ports system. I've never heard of portinstall
or portupgrade.
Just running make && make install in the appropriate port subdirectory.
Tony
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