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Date:      Wed, 24 Jul 2002 11:07:09 -0500 (EST)
From:      Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   perl 5.8.0 "use.perl system" doesn't update /usr/local/bin/perl
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.44.0207241058440.15477-100000@nollie.summersault.com>

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Hello,

I recently installed the Perl 5.8 port for FreeBSD easily with "make
install". Thanks to the FreeBSD crew for making this so easy. It was
also nice to find the "use.perl" script to easily switch between the
system perl and the perl port.

I ran into a small hang-up running "use.perl system" (after running
"user.perl port")  which I'd like to
ask about. The script sucessfully updated "/usr/bin/perl", but left me
with a couple oddities.

First, "/usr/bin/perl5.8.0" now points to perl 5.00503, which is
confusing.

Secondly, "/usr/local/bin/perl" still points to the newer Perl 5.8.0. As
a FreeBSD user from the 2.2.x days, I still have several perl scripts on
the system that refer to "/usr/local/bin/perl", because /usr/bin/perl
pointed to perl 4, if I recall correctly.

It's easy enough to work around this with some symbolic links, but I
expected the "use.perl system" script would have updated
"/usr/local/bin/perl" to point to the older perl as well, while still
preserving the perl 5.8 binary somewhere.

Does anyone have any insights into why the "use.perl" script isn't
taking care of this?

(I'm running FreeBSD 4.5 RELEASE).

  -mark

http://mark.stosberg.com/


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