Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:48:00 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: Joshua Lokken <joshua@twobirds.us> Cc: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> Subject: Re: How To Upgrade to Perl 5.8 on 4.9 System? Message-ID: <4061D7E0.7010107@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <20040324161855.GA1816@cs025_2k> References: <4060DB5B.20305@mykitchentable.net> <4060E747.2050208@mac.com> <37EF4C48-7D92-11D8-8CE1-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com> <20040324161855.GA1816@cs025_2k>
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On 3/24/2004 8:18 AM Joshua Lokken wrote: >* Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> [2004-03-24 07:35]: > > >>On Mar 23, 2004, at 8:41 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: >> >> >> >>>Drew Tomlinson wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I'm using 4.9-RELEASE. Is is possible to upgrade Perl from the >>>>default 5.005 version to 5.8.2? >>>> >>>> >>>Yes. >>> >>> >>> >>>>Are there any steps required beyond installing the port? >>>> >>>> >>>Try: >>> >>>cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8 >>>make install >>>use.perl port >>> >>> >>> >>I also had to re-install some of my ports after installing the new Perl >>and switching the system perl to the newer version (4.9-release-p3). >> >> > > >If you install sysutils/portupgrade, you can do (after >installing the new Perl) > ># portupgrade -rf perl > > I tried this (adding the 'n') to see what portupgrade would find. All it found was 'perl5.8', yet I have webmin, spamassassin, and various other things that use perl (AFAIK). I changed the line to: portupgrade -rRf 'p5*' and if found lots of things. It might be overkill but it should get everything that needs rebuilding, correct? Thanks for your help. Drewhome | help
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