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Date:      Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:10:56 +0200
From:      Nelis Lamprecht <nelis@8ball.co.za>
To:        Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How To Upgrade to Perl 5.8 on 4.9 System?
Message-ID:  <1080130255.33376.334.camel@enigma.8ball.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <4060E747.2050208@mac.com>
References:  <4060DB5B.20305@mykitchentable.net>  <4060E747.2050208@mac.com>

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On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 03:41, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> > I'm using 4.9-RELEASE.  Is is possible to upgrade Perl from the default=
=20
> > 5.005 version to 5.8.2?
>=20
> Yes.
>=20
> > Are there any steps required beyond installing the port?
>=20
> Try:
>=20
> cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8
> make install
> use.perl port

Be warned. After you have upgraded perl you will be required to
re-install any programs/modules that depend on it eg. Apache
You will receive a location error pointing to your previous perl version
if you don't.

Regards,
--=20
Nelis Lamprecht
PGP: http://www.8ball.co.za/pgpkey/nelis.asc
"Unix IS user friendly.. It's just selective about who its friends are."

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