Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 21:22:46 +0200 From: Rainer Hurling <rhurlin@gwdg.de> To: Jim Trigg <jtrigg@huiekin.org> Cc: <ports@freebsd.org>, Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Perl - what is the default? Message-ID: <757fe398-69d9-0b49-e64d-2fa8269f5333@gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <95bef90c-7d22-085c-ba37-a3443a0fd28e@FreeBSD.org> References: <f2a77585af22699e0c9eb6747fbb223b@huiekin.org> <95bef90c-7d22-085c-ba37-a3443a0fd28e@FreeBSD.org>
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Am 18.04.2017 um 16:56 schrieb Mathieu Arnold:
> Le 18/04/2017 à 15:59, Jim Trigg a écrit :
>> According to UPDATING as of 20161103, "The default Perl version has
>> been switched to Perl 5.24." However, when I follow the instructions
>> there to switch, I get the following message (after running portsnap
>> fetch update manually even though it runs automatically every night):
>> " This is *NOT* the DEFAULT perl version
>>
>> It will *NOT* install /usr/local/bin/perl
>>
>> It will *ONLY* install /usr/local/bin/perl5.24.1
>>
>> The default Perl version currently is 5.20."
>>
>> Yes, I added "DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl=5.24" to /etc/make.conf, and
>> grep confirms that that is the only incidence of perl in the file.
Perhaps, it is only a small typo at your side (missing number 5)?
DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl=5.24
instead of
DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl5=5.24
>
> But did you add:
>
> DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl5=5.24
>
> like the message says you have to ?
>
> If you did, it is possible that you have a really really old system and
> you still have a /usr/local/etc/perl5_version file, you should remove it.
>
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