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Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 11:33:26 -0500
From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
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--On Friday, May 06, 2005 11:55:32 PM +1000 Edwin Groothuis 
<edwin@mavetju.org> wrote:

> On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 09:51:47AM -0400, Jim Campbell wrote:
>> I'm using FreeBSD 4.11 Stable.  I installed lang/perl5.8 from my ports
>> tree.  Yet when I do a "perl -V" it reports "Perl 5.0 patchlevel 5
>> subversion 3".  I have another port that needs perl to be at least 5.6.x
>> and it refuses to install.  Since I didn't find anything in the archives
>> about this, what am I doing wrong?
>
> Run "use.perl".
>
And don't forget to recompile *every* perl port you previously installed.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
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