Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:03:22 +0100 From: Marwan Burelle <Marwan.Burelle@lri.fr> To: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perl 5.8.3 in ports Message-ID: <20040324200322.GA21633@pc5-179.lri.fr> In-Reply-To: <CC6C8028-7DC6-11D8-8206-000A9578CFCC@kcilink.com> References: <CC6C8028-7DC6-11D8-8206-000A9578CFCC@kcilink.com>
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--VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 02:09:39PM -0500, Vivek Khera wrote: > I've seen this question asked before, but either I missed the response=20 > or there was none... >=20 > Is an upgrade to the perl in ports to version 5.8.3 in the works? It=20 > seems that FreeBSD is lagging behind other systems in having a=20 > convenient package of this available. >=20 > In particular, RT <http://www.bestpractical.com/>; pretty much requires=20 > 5.8.3 to operate properly. >=20 > Is there any benefit of using the port/package for perl now that 5.x=20 > doesn't have any perl in the base system anyway? Ie, the incentive to=20 > have the port fix up the links so that the system installed perl won't=20 > be used by accident is pretty much gone. The only drawback is that any= =20 > port requiring perl will have no place in which to register that=20 > dependency. >=20 > What are others doing who need the updated perl? I'm trying to decide=20 > to wait a bit longer for the port or just go ahead and install 5.8.3=20 > from source. Update your port ! Extract from ports/UPDATING ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20040204: AFFECTS: 5.2-CURRENT users who started with a 5.2-RELEASE or older. Change the default version of perl to 5.8. 1) Force perl-5.6.1 to be upgraded with perl-5.8. portupgrade -o lang/perl5.8 -f perl-5.6.1_15 2) Update all p5-* modules. portupgrade -f p5-\* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- So, now, use lang/perl5.8 instead of lang/perl5 (and every things that needs perl wil use it.) --=20 Burelle Marwan, Equipe Bases de Donnees - LRI http://www.cduce.org (burelle@lri.fr | Marwan.Burelle@ens.fr) --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAYemII+2UvUKfgvgRArVjAJ9DCEqq/Q5Nr3YCOud+JIa2coqbtQCeNv0M C6SnivcjsFFRjx7KywuJxp8= =80Jj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J--
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