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Subject: Re: Perl - what is the default?
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:41:32 -0400
From: Jim Trigg <jtrigg@huiekin.org>
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On 2017-04-18 15:22, Rainer Hurling wrote:
> Am 18.04.2017 um 16:56 schrieb Mathieu Arnold:
>> Le 18/04/2017 à 15:59, Jim Trigg a écrit :
>>> According to UPDATING as of 20161103, "The default Perl version has
>>> been switched to Perl 5.24." However, when I follow the instructions
>>> 
>>> 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.
> 
> Perhaps, it is only a small typo at your side (missing number 5)?
> 
>     DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl=5.24
> 
> instead of
> 
>     DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl5=5.24
> 
>> 
>> But did you add:
>> 
>> DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl5=5.24
>> 
>> like the message says you have to ?
>> 
>> If you did, it is possible that you have a really really old system 
>> and
>> you still have a /usr/local/etc/perl5_version file, you should remove 
>> it.

Yes, you are both correct. I misread UPDATING when modifying make.conf.

Thanks,
Jim Trigg