From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 31 04:07:56 2004 Return-Path: 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 BB19616A4CE for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 04:07:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from quark.cs.earlham.edu (cs.earlham.edu [159.28.230.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D8CB43D1D for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 04:07:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from skylar@cs.earlham.edu) Received: from [192.168.0.24] (CPE-24-166-129-93.new.rr.com [24.166.129.93]) (authenticated bits=0) by quark.cs.earlham.edu (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBV46Okr049840 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:07:53 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from skylar@cs.earlham.edu) Message-ID: <41D4D040.9040400@cs.earlham.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:06:24 -0600 From: Skylar Thompson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041124) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karl Agee References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigBE90B398F857CC01962CE3D2" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=8.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on quark.cs.earlham.edu X-Earlham-CS-Dept-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Earlham-CS-Dept-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: skylar@cs.earlham.edu cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading perl X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 04:07:56 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigBE90B398F857CC01962CE3D2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Karl Agee wrote: > Freebsd 4.11-pre. I am working on learning perl, and have perl 5.00x > that is in the base system when I installed 4.10-Release. Since most > of the learning materials out there are based on later verisions esp > since 5.6.x some of the features arent in this older version. > > I am considering upgrading to 5.8.5 via ports, but, dont know if that > will break anything. > > Just being cautious... > > --Karl The biggest thing you have to watch out for is to upgrade the modules with the distribution. Look in /usr/ports/UPDATING and search for Perl for more info. -- -- Skylar Thompson (skylar@cs.earlham.edu) -- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/ --------------enigBE90B398F857CC01962CE3D2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB1NBDsc4yyULgN4YRAnn3AJoCCg6+KoBBQO0T8dpm5HDwa55o6gCgoqTp 9H/tkKyi180oZFHXvJPVivE= =CpOe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigBE90B398F857CC01962CE3D2--