From owner-freebsd-isp Thu May 23 14:43:23 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from flora.isecure.com.au (ns1.isecure.com.au [202.125.0.72]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5518F37B406 for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 14:43:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from leal.isentry.net.au (leal.isecure.com.au [202.125.0.94] (may be forged)) by flora.isecure.com.au (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g4NLhBE14182 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 07:43:11 +1000 Received: (from smap@localhost) by leal.isentry.net.au (8.12.1/8.12.1) id g4NLhB0I026901 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 07:43:11 +1000 (EST) Received: from nodnsquery(10.11.3.10) by leal via smap (V5.5) id xma026878; Fri, 24 May 02 07:43:04 +1000 Received: from vmail.aipo.gov.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gibbons.isecure.com.au (8.11.3/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g4NLh4o16448 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 07:43:04 +1000 Received: from stan.aipo.gov.au (wf-81.aipo.gov.au [192.168.1.81]) by vmail.aipo.gov.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4NLh3989106 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 07:43:03 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU) Received: (from anwsmh@localhost) by stan.aipo.gov.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4NLh2p00210 for freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 24 May 2002 07:43:02 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU) X-Authentication-Warning: stan.aipo.gov.au: anwsmh set sender to anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU using -f Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 07:43:01 +1000 From: Stanley Hopcroft To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading Perl Message-ID: <20020524074300.A189@IPAustralia.Gov.AU> References: <20020523152537.GE17207@ns2.wananchi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020523152537.GE17207@ns2.wananchi.com>; from wash@wananchi.com on Thu, May 23, 2002 at 06:25:37PM +0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear Sir, I am writing to say that, On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 06:25:37PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Does this really upgrade the Perl in the system? Sorry I am dumb with Perl.. > > perl -MCPAN -e "install Bundle::CPAN" this installs (or upgrades) the set of modules (CPAN.pm ReadLine.pm ...) that are called the 'CPAN Bundle'. Unless one of the modules in the bundle depended on a new Perl it would not upgrade the system Perl. If you want a new Perl, there is a port/package of the latest stable Perl (5.6.1). This will not upgrade the system Perl AFAIK. Yours sincerely. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stanley Hopcroft Network Specialist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ '...No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...' from Meditation 17, J Donne. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message