Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:24:07 +0100 From: Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updated perl - broke stuff Message-ID: <20050214112407.GB7268@lothlorien.nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <20050214023836.GA27431@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200501271852.j0RIqQ9t010411@mp.cs.niu.edu> <44is5imspz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <04d201c51214$4bb07ab0$7702a8c0@officeeagle> <420FD249.4060408@mac.com> <2147483647.1108326906@[192.168.2.100]> <20050214023836.GA27431@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On 13 Feb Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 08:35:06PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > --On Sunday, February 13, 2005 5:18 PM -0500 Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >Did you read /usr/ports/UPDATING? It contains a suggestion for how to > > >update the Perl ports which might have helped... > > > > > Well, no. Why on earth would I do *that*? ;-) > > > > (Thanks for the tip. I ran it.) I wonder why the perl port doesn't > > include this command in a post-install script? > > It's a once-off change needed when updating from an older version, and > the post-install script (or any other part of the port build) doesn't > know that this is what is happening. Meaning I don't run this update script when updating perl from say "5.8.5" to "5.8.6" ? That all I have to do then is run "use.perl ports" ? -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11 ++ FreeBSD 5.3 + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja
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