Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:38:54 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: scuba@centroin.com.br Subject: Re: Step-by-step to upgrade Perl Message-ID: <200404121438.54876.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <20040412204326.GB69747@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <Pine.BSI.4.33.0404121327590.23571-100000@hypselo.centroin.com.br> <200404121239.01356.kstewart@owt.com> <20040412204326.GB69747@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Monday 12 April 2004 01:43 pm, Matthew Seaman wrote: > 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 use perl and have the version to use as the 1st line. You > > need to 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 > I don't think they need a version as much as they specify which version they are going to use. I think they work on all versions. The problem is that 2 of the 3 specify which version was the default when they were built and I think that is a bug. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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