Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 15:18:16 +1100 From: MJ <mafsys1234@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help wanted: Install of p5-JSON-Parse removes Perl ??? Message-ID: <a25ca19b-a574-0102-607e-46518383014e@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58259.1572577667@segfault.tristatelogic.com> References: <58259.1572577667@segfault.tristatelogic.com>
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On 1/11/2019 2:07 pm, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > I found I needed to install the p5-JSON-Parse package for some work I'm > doing at present. No problem, I thought, I'll su'd to root and then > just type: > > pkg install p5-JSON-Parse > > I did that and the log is shown below. I REALLY don't understand it. > I don't understand why this simple thing caused pkg to attempt to install > a fresh new Perl (5.30.0) *and* at the same time try to reinstall the > one I already had installed which was apparently perl-5.28.2. > > What's up with that? It (obviously?) thinks you've got some other package that depends on 5.28.2. Have you tried performing a package update/upgrade? MarkJ
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