From owner-freebsd-perl@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 9 16:24:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 660341065672 for ; Sat, 9 May 2009 16:24:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cm@therek.net) Received: from lux.therek.net (lux.therek.net [64.85.172.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B738FC3D for ; Sat, 9 May 2009 16:24:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cm@therek.net) Received: from frameshift.therek.net (dixie.therek.net [82.210.167.89]) (authenticated bits=0) by lux.therek.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n49GOeFv014169 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 9 May 2009 18:24:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Cezary Morga Organization: therekNET To: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 18:24:37 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.2 (FreeBSD/7.1-STABLE; KDE/4.2.2; i386; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200905091824.37868.cm@therek.net> Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.2 - How to move to perl 5.10 ?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: maintainer of a number of perl-related ports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 16:24:46 -0000 Oren Maurer wrote: > So ... How do I move to the newer Perl - from 5.8.9 to 5.10? See /usr/ports/UPDATING, entry from 20090328. > Most important - I want it to use threads. If you need threads you have to compile Perl with WITH_THREADS=yes flag. >===> perl-threaded-5.10.0_2 conflicts with installed package(s): > perl-5.8.9_2 > > They install files into the same place. > Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1). You said it yourself that you have a FreeBSD with 5.8.9: > I have just installed the latest FreeBSD version (7.2) > perl -v tells me that it is v5.8.9. So, instead of 'make install' do 'make deinstall' and then 'make reinstall'. Afterwards, you have to recompile any Perl module (p5- ports) you already have in your system, see /usr/ports/UPDATING. Same goes for CPAN installed modules. PS. Haven't I seen you on Padre mailing list? :) -- Cezary Morga "What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." (Samuel Johnson)