Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 17:57:24 -0400 From: "Brian" <ircd@wrath.com> To: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading Perl Message-ID: <000f01c202a4$d22e3190$0b01a8c0@fear.wrath.net> References: <20020523152537.GE17207@ns2.wananchi.com> <20020524074300.A189@IPAustralia.Gov.AU>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanley Hopcroft" <Stanley.Hopcroft@IPAustralia.Gov.AU> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 5:43 PM Subject: Re: Upgrading Perl > 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. However, you can use CPAN to install the latest greatest version of perl. It's not exactly rocket science and anyone that can operate a webbrowser and use google can figure it out. Of course, the average person would just take a gander on over to www.perl.org or www.cpan.org. I, myself, am more interested in why this is on freebsd-isp@. > Yours sincerely. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Stanley Hopcroft Network Specialist > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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