From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 20 23:31:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C579B16A4DD for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:31:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from typhoon.enabled.com (typhoon.enabled.com [216.218.220.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75E4C43D45 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:31:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from [172.24.241.19] (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) (authenticated bits=0) by typhoon.enabled.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k7KNVC6o061963 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:31:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Message-ID: <44E8F0B5.8090707@enabled.com> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:31:01 -0700 From: Noah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Macintosh/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <44E8D6C3.5080703@enabled.com> <200608201851.42603.gerard@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <200608201851.42603.gerard@seibercom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: portmanager and perl handling X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:31:12 -0000 Gerard Seibert wrote: > On Sunday 20 August 2006 17:40, Noah wrote: > >> am running portmanager with the following switches "portmanager -u -f >> -l -y" >> which is building all the dependencies. I find that perl is set to the >> system version of 5.003 . I do not want this behavior. >> >> I want to keep updating Perl to the newer version and I want perl to >> always be set to the latest port which is currently 5.8.8. what do I >> need to change in my portmanager.conf file to make sure this happens? >> > > I thought that portmanager did that automatically. Anyway, in the pkg-message > file, there is a notation about 'use.perl port'. That is located > in /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8/files directory. However, you will need to chmod > it to get it to run. There is also the 'perl-after-upgrade' file there that I > believe replaces the 'use.perl' program. I may be wrong about that though. In > any case, read the man on 'perl-after-upgrade' and run it. That might correct > the problem. Perhaps someone else know more about the 'use.perl' program. > > Hi, Okay I am looking at these files. I am looking for something that automatically executes a 'use.perl port' after upgrading or reinstalling perl. It is most probable that I will always want the latest perl port active. I cant figure out how to do that from the documentation and/or files you have sent to me. Cheers, Noah > Ciao! > > >