From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 10 18:11:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2D6616A41C for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:11:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) Received: from dc1.ihostsxode.net (dc1.ihostsxode.net [208.254.27.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EE2D43D48 for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:11:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) X-Envelope-From: mark@mark-and-erika.com X-Scanned-By: eDoxs Corp Received: from millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (guinness.local.mark-and-erika.com [151.205.245.38]) by dc1.ihostsxode.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j6AIAk9C016308; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:10:46 -0400 Received: from millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j6AIAxut004620; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:11:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) Received: (from mfrank@localhost) by millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j6AIAxL2004619; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:10:59 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:10:58 -0400 From: Mark Frank To: Chuck Swiger Message-ID: <20050710181058.GD17676@millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com> Mail-Followup-To: Chuck Swiger , Tim Hogan , FreeBSD Questions References: <42CFD2CE.5040802@hoganzoo.com> <42CFF94D.4050900@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42CFF94D.4050900@mac.com> X-Certified: Outgoing email is certified Windows Free. X-Unexpected-Header: The Spanish Inquisition X-System: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p4 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Tim Hogan , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Port update failure -- How do I fix? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:11:02 -0000 * On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 12:20:29PM -0400 Chuck Swiger wrote: > Tim Hogan wrote: > >So the bottom line is that I love the ports because I am by no means a > >programer. As long as I can type make install I am good to go. The > >problem is that I just tried to do an upgrade on some ports that were > >out of date and I am now getting the error below. A previous version > >was installed but now the new version will not install. How do I fix > >this? Thanks ahead of time for any help you can provide... > > The odds are that you will need to install /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8 and do a > "use.perl port" in order to build many perl modules, since they expect a > newer version of perl than what you seem to have. Look at > /usr/ports/CHANGES for more help and suggestions on how to upgrade perl and > dependant perl ports in a reasonable fashion. Just for the record I too am getting the same error when attempting to update p5-DBD-mysql. Everything went well with the last perl upgrade (including the use of the perl-after-upgrade script) and I am using the 5.8 version. ################################################################### # perl -v This is perl, v5.8.7 built for i386-freebsd-64int (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2005, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page. # ################################################################### This started when I CVSUPed my ports tree on July 9th and portversion reported p5-DBD-mysql could be updated. I'll submit this to freebsd-ports@. Mark -- "The fix is only temporary...unless it works." - Red Green