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In article <op.wzyd6vkx34t2sn@markf.office.supranet.net>, feld@feld.me writes:

>I've had zero problems with upgrades to Perl, etc after I stopped  
>compiling my packages in the host OS and started building the packages via  
>poudriere and using pkgng (sysutils/pkg). pkg can detect when a perl  
>upgrade is happening and is intelligent enough to reinstall all programs  
>that require perl; poudriere is smart enough to rebuild and repackage them  
>all. It's a match made in heaven and dead simple to use.

This.

-GAWollman