Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:23:45 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating Perl.. Message-ID: <49D86A91.1080208@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <49D83CA7.8000305@eskk.nu> References: <49D75C83.9040807@eskk.nu> <49D83CA7.8000305@eskk.nu>
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Leslie Jensen wrote:
> Hello list.
>=20
> When one updates perl, one should rebuild all ports dependend on perl=20
> according to the UPDATING file.
>=20
> I'm just wondering, isn't the script "perl-after-upgrade" supposed to d=
o=20
> the work needed, so that one can save the time of upgrading the ports?
It depends on the upgrade. For 5.8.8 -> 5.8.9 then perl-after-upgrade
works fine: this is because there is binary compatibility so that .so
modules compiled for 5.8.8 will load just fine into 5.8.9. The work of
perl-after-upgrade is simply to move files from
/usr/local/lib/perl/site_perl/5.8.8 to .../5.8.9
For the upgrade from 5.8.[89] to 5.10.0, there is no binary compatibility=
so all perl modules that install loadable binaries will have to be
recompiled. Rather than trying to produce a long list of what modules
are pure perl and what aren't the advice is simply to reinstall everythin=
g.
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
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