Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 12:38:35 -0700 From: Paul Smith <paul.j.smith0@gmail.com> To: Andre Goree <andre@drenet.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cannot upgrade Perl5 Message-ID: <CACoaAtMtvMHpptH02rGZv9aHUsX1TSw2BWU9Ywj34AhsWvBX6Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6753f041ff5192d0b4bb96bd5bf44ace@drenet.net> References: <6753f041ff5192d0b4bb96bd5bf44ace@drenet.net>
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On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Andre Goree <andre@drenet.net> wrote: > I read the UPDATING message regarding perl serveral months ago, but since I > used the default version of perl, I disregarded it -- UPDATING mentions only > needing to take action if you were NOT using the default version. > > Here is the issue I'm running into today: > > agoree@anet ~ % portupgrade perl5 > Password: > [Reading data from pkg(8) ... - 403 packages found - done] > ** Port deleted on 2015-12-31: lang/perl5.16 > Has expired: Unsupported, please upgrade to a more recent version of > Perl > ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed) > - lang/perl5.16 (port deleted) > agoree@anet ~ % pkg info -x perl > ... > perl5-5.16.3_24 > ... > > > How exactly would I go about upgrading perl5 given the above error? Perhaps > forcing an uninstall and reinstalling it? I suppose I'd then have to > rebuild everything that depends on Perl5? > There is an UPDATING message dated 20150513 stating that the default Perl version was switched to 5.20. That message has instructions on how to upgrade that may help you. Paul
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