Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 06:07:07 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updateing perl? Message-ID: <15119.36443.780817.195021@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <42071399@toto.iv>
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Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com> types: > Was going to ask the same question about compiling perl because I cant > > find a port for perl5.6.1 and I need the latest version. It's in /usr/ports/lang/perl5. If that's not 5.6.1, then you need to update your ports tree. However, note the pkg-descr says: This port is marked FORBIDDEN as it conflics badly with the Perl5 that is in the 'base' system. Sysadmins and users who know how to override this may do so, and must accept the risk of doing so. <mike > Walt > > At 02:18 PM 5/25/01 -0500, you wrote: > > > In-Reply-To: ... > > > >Don't reply to your own message; send a completely new one. To those > >with threaded mail clients, it looks like this message is a reply to > >your first one. This may prevent people from reading this question, > >since they would assume it was a followup to the first. > > > > > quick question... i'm very new to BSD and new to any os other than > > > win32.. so plz bare with me... i won't hound yall to bad.. :) > > > > > > can i d/l the new version of perl for unix/linux and will it build > > > in FreeBSD? > > > > > > does all packages have to be ported to BSD before they can be > > > installed? > > > >Those are two questions. The answer to the second question is "no". > >You can compile software from source anytime you want, provided the > >source is available, or you can run Linux binaries under emulation. > >Be aware, though, that most marginally popular software has a "port" > >available, which does any necessary manual source "tweaking" for you. > > > >As for your first question, Perl is a complicated piece of software, > >and it is included with the base FreeBSD system. For those reasons, > >compiling a new version yourself would be ill-advised, unless you > >really know what you're doing. To be pithy about it, the very fact > >that you asked the question means that you shouldn't do it. That > >said, ways to do that have been discussed at length on this list; > >check the archives if you're curious. > > > >HTH, > >Lucas > > > >P.S. All those extra periods and spaces make your messages really > >hard on the eyes. Please don't do that. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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