Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:43:26 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Step-by-step to upgrade Perl Message-ID: <20040412204326.GB69747@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200404121239.01356.kstewart@owt.com> References: <Pine.BSI.4.33.0404121327590.23571-100000@hypselo.centroin.com.br> <20040412183038.GA68839@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <200404121239.01356.kstewart@owt.com>
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On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 12:39:01PM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote:
[ Upgrading perl... ]
> There is one group that doesn't appear. All of the versions of automake=
=20
> use perl and have the version to use as the 1st line. You need to=20
> portupgrade -f automake
> to get things ready for your new version of perl. FWIW, I am using
> perl-5.8.2_5
Oh -- good call. I'll have to remember that for future reference.
Mind you, specifying the perl version number on the #! line is
arguably a bug in the port -- if the script needs a minimum perl
version to work, it should:
use 5.8.2;
or test the values of $] or $^V
Cheers,
Matthew
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