Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:52:48 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Denis <piloyder@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot build perl on FreeBSD 8.0 Message-ID: <19311.3072.653804.20511@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002071108450.73086@wonkity.com> References: <325305251002070724rb0e30dre8ef5db300b313e4@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002070957160.72829@wonkity.com> <325305251002070920r1f0a96dbk110bfb1f33fe706@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002071108450.73086@wonkity.com>
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Warren Block writes: > > Not yet. I'm trying to do this - a lot of ports depend on perl, and I > > get stuck with it. > > No, there are no any extra settings in /etc/make.conf. > > You may be running into the situation where something Perl needs can't > run because of mixed libraries. > > For the 7-8 major version upgrade, it's usually easier and faster to > save your pkg_info output, backup /usr/local/etc, and pkg_delete > everything. Then update the ports tree and start installing ports from > scratch. > > There may be a way to automate that, like feeding the saved pkg_info > output to portupgrade. I haven't done it often enough to investigate. pkg_sort, which is part of portupgrade, is a useful tool. Robert Huff
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