Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 12:16:19 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org> To: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> Cc: Claus Guttesen <cguttesen@yahoo.dk> Subject: Re: perl 5.6 installed on beta 7 Message-ID: <41643673.8030607@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20041006175858.GA5243@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> References: <20041005091939.20542.qmail@web14127.mail.yahoo.com> <4164260B.8020107@FreeBSD.org> <20041006175858.GA5243@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za>
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John Hay wrote: >>>Installed from a freshly baked amd64 beta7-iso-image. >>>It installs fine, except that perl 5.6 gets installed. >>> >>>bente# pkg_info >>>perl-5.6.1_15 Practical Extraction and Report >>>Language >>> >> >>On the miniinst ISO, only perl 5.8.5 exists. On the full disc1 ISO, >>both 5.6.1 and 5.8.5 exist. It your choice as to which one you want to >>install. > > > I installed an i386 install, just a plain one without choosing any > packages and also eneded up with perl 5.6.x. I thought that 5.8.x > is the perl of the day for FreeBSD 5.3 and higher, so have expected > that to be installed except if I specifically go and choose 5.6.x. > > John Ok, I see what the problem is. I'll fix it for RC1. Scott
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