From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jan 8 19:38:37 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BF5FA68E0F for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2016 19:38:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul.j.smith0@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x22f.google.com (mail-vk0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 241521359 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2016 19:38:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul.j.smith0@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id a123so166289706vkh.1 for ; Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:38:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=uUzq+XO9KQBwbshSJlR0WmUtaEr7uofH4Oux9KLwxuE=; b=SFm9NCCDJtSndrs6eINPThFkVln8+CDXCOG0EBAz4GWAGiKSUbKWyZUS6hitVujpcb Kf70eDQ1TDT4n1bcpJsVO8tQjcUKUIHPnNpMqxQJjchG01KTth048DlrOefF6aedIMLT dMZ3O79hHrXF487IagCDlgqnCUsdbYO6qcWNSFMsUkaR9YCge+lDIKytN5wNDv1DtMNZ qOtJRcc90bU0eM+PfbEfMtezs/gNGVF9CUiRUYkGxrKOv8eY+1bsOGgyQRzizw6K9Eca XrhE5wGIpFniybKmO5ZfyL0znWCEfsdEUa+etEMKx+leJxA0PxmNqphb26UR9oHjq8aC XjIw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.31.174.23 with SMTP id x23mr24959495vke.136.1452281915896; Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:38:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.31.107.214 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:38:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <6753f041ff5192d0b4bb96bd5bf44ace@drenet.net> References: <6753f041ff5192d0b4bb96bd5bf44ace@drenet.net> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 12:38:35 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cannot upgrade Perl5 From: Paul Smith To: Andre Goree Cc: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:38:37 -0000 On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Andre Goree wrote: > I read the UPDATING message regarding perl serveral months ago, but since I > used the default version of perl, I disregarded it -- UPDATING mentions only > needing to take action if you were NOT using the default version. > > Here is the issue I'm running into today: > > agoree@anet ~ % portupgrade perl5 > Password: > [Reading data from pkg(8) ... - 403 packages found - done] > ** Port deleted on 2015-12-31: lang/perl5.16 > Has expired: Unsupported, please upgrade to a more recent version of > Perl > ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed) > - lang/perl5.16 (port deleted) > agoree@anet ~ % pkg info -x perl > ... > perl5-5.16.3_24 > ... > > > How exactly would I go about upgrading perl5 given the above error? Perhaps > forcing an uninstall and reinstalling it? I suppose I'd then have to > rebuild everything that depends on Perl5? > There is an UPDATING message dated 20150513 stating that the default Perl version was switched to 5.20. That message has instructions on how to upgrade that may help you. Paul