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Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 08:03:12 -0700
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To: Nick Tonkin <nick@rlnt.net>
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Subject: Re: 'wrong' version of perl for ports??
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Nick Tonkin wrote:
> hello,
> 
> I just built a new perl (5.8.0) from source on a new clean install of
> FreeBSD. Now some (but not all) ports fail to build with this error:
> 
> Error: you don't have the right version of perl in /usr/bin.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Where can I tell FreeBSD that I have new perl? Or are there some binaries
> on the system made with 5.005 or something?
> 
> - nick
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   
> Nick Tonkin   {|8^)>
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usually when I build ports.. I type this command..

use.perl system (5.005)

then when I'm done.. I do..

use.perl ports (5.8)

no problems yet :-)


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