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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:33:06 -0400
From: "David S. Jackson" <deepbsd@earthlink.net>
To: Alfonso Romero <ibac@prodigy.net.mx>
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Subject: Re: updating the perl installation
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:42:15AM -0500 Alfonso Romero <ibac@prodigy.net.mx> wrote:
> I installed the perl 5.8.0 port on FreeBSD 4.8 using make
> install, but the old perl version is still there. How can I
> upgrade it to the new port version?

The real question is, what will upgrading break?

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