From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 7 20:51:31 2005 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 8FFE716A41C for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:51:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rjhjr@cox.net) Received: from lakermmtao07.cox.net (lakermmtao07.cox.net [68.230.240.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 112D143D46 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:51:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rjhjr@cox.net) Received: from localhost ([68.230.186.138]) by lakermmtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050707205127.WHSK28809.lakermmtao07.cox.net@localhost> for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 16:51:27 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 16:51:27 -0400 From: Bob Hall To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050707205127.GB86220@kongemord.krig.net> Mail-Followup-To: Bob Hall , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050706191003.GA79388@kongemord.krig.net> <42CD5E9E.7040904@acm.org> <20050707183944.GA85644@kongemord.krig.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: perl-after-upgrade 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: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:51:31 -0000 On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 01:53:48PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Thursday, July 07, 2005 14:39:44 -0400 Bob Hall wrote: > > > >As I stated above, I used portupgrade. That means that any messages at > >the end of the perl upgrade scrolled off the screen and out of the > >screen buffer when portupgrade carried out the next install. One of the > >problems with portupgrade is that you rarely see the post-upgrade > >messages when you do batch upgrades. > > > That's an easily solved problem. After you finish portupgrade, view the > pkg-message file in any port you have a question about. E.g. % view > /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8/pkg-message Aha. The instructions in the post-install message are not repeated in the perldoc page. And the message does suggest using "rehash". Thanks.