Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:53:55 +0100 From: Mark Huizer <freebsd@dohd.org> To: ports@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: MAJOR changes to the ports system Message-ID: <20040205185355.GA92331@eeyore.local.dohd.org> In-Reply-To: <1075880955.76993.54.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1075880955.76993.54.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 02:49:15AM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > Sorry for the wide distribution, but it is critical that -CURRENT users > hear this. Two _MAJOR_ changes just went in to the ports tree that are > bound to cause some pain to -CURRENT users. > > Second, Perl 5.8.2 is now the default version of Perl in -CURRENT since > the 5.2 split. This replaces Perl 5.6.1 as the default. Note: Perl > 5.00503 is still the default version of Perl in the 4.X base OS. Did anyone ever create some kind of 'best practice' on how to upgrade ports' perl on a system? I see quite a lof dependencies, and the issue is/might be that files are installed in directories carrying the perl version number. What do people do to make this transition? upgrade perl and make a symlink? Upgrade perl and reinstall all ports? deinstall everything and reinstall? Mark -- Nice testing in little China...
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