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Subject: Re: Which Perl 5 works best on FreeBSD 10.1?
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On 06/04/2016 06:04 AM, RW via freebsd-questions wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 20:40:58 -0700
> David Christensen wrote:
>
>> freebsd-questions:
>>
>> I am building a FreeBSD 10.1 computer
>
> Why are you installing 10.1 when 10.3 is availible?

I want stability, and older usually means more stability.


>
>> and would like to install Perl
>> 5.
> ...
>>
>> What is the best way to get a robust Perl 5 installation on FreeBSD
>> 10.1?
>
> The default version is 5.20. If you chose anything else you'll have
> have to build your own packages or install from ports.

Okay.


David