Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:48:34 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Perl Problem After Upgrade to 5.12.4 Message-ID: <4E1734E2.2040204@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <20110708093924.51ce6916@scorpio> References: <4E1478C1.3020302@tundraware.com> <80442ff8a0c0f582e6134bde1566a2e8@socruel.nu> <20110708075243.5493e0b1@scorpio> <4E170230.1070901@tundraware.com> <20110708093924.51ce6916@scorpio>
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On 7/8/2011 8:39 AM, Jerry said this: > On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:12:16 -0500 > Tim Daneliuk articulated: > >> I was able to work around this by: >> >> 1) Uninstalling spamassassin and perl 5.12 >> 2) Upgrading to perl 5.14 >> 3) Running perl-after-upgrade >> 4) Reinstalling spamassassin > > That is not exactly the method prescribed in UPDATING: You're right, of course - I ordinarily do this when I upgrade perl ... somehow it slipped my tiny and aging mind. Thanks for the reminder :) > > <quote> > 20110517: > AFFECTS: users of lang/perl* > AUTHOR: skv@FreeBSD.org > > lang/perl5.14 is out. If you want to switch to it from, for example > lang/perl5.12, that is: > > Portupgrade users: > 0) Fix pkgdb.db (for safety): > pkgdb -Ff > > 1) Reinstall new version of Perl (5.14): > env DISABLE_CONFLICTS=1 portupgrade -o lang/perl5.14 -f perl-5.12.\* > > 2) Reinstall everything that depends on Perl: > portupgrade -fr perl > > Portmaster users: > portmaster -o lang/perl5.14 lang/perl5.12 > > Conservative: > portmaster p5- > > Comprehensive (but perhaps overkill): > portmaster -r perl- > > Note: If the "perl-" glob matches more than one port you will need to > specify the name of the Perl directory in /var/db/pkg explicitly. > > </quote> > > I used the "portupgrade" method without incident. From what I have been > told, "perl-after-upgrade" != "env DISABLE_CONFLICTS=1 portupgrade -o lang/perl5.14 -f perl-5.12.\*" > > As always, YMMV! > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com
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