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Subject: Perl - what is the default?
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:59:20 -0400
From: Jim Trigg <jtrigg@huiekin.org>
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According to UPDATING as of 20161103, "The default Perl version has been 
switched to Perl 5.24." However, when I follow the instructions there to 
switch, I get the following message (after running portsnap fetch update 
manually even though it runs automatically every night):
"      This is *NOT* the DEFAULT perl version

It will *NOT* install /usr/local/bin/perl

It will *ONLY* install /usr/local/bin/perl5.24.1

The default Perl version currently is 5.20."

Yes, I added "DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl=5.24" to /etc/make.conf, and grep 
confirms that that is the only incidence of perl in the file.

Thanks,
Jim Trigg