Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 18:26:14 -0400 From: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> To: Alex Drummond <alex@abingdon74.freeserve.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, zigner@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Perl? Message-ID: <20021021222614.GA315@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <200210221406.35774.alex@abingdon74.freeserve.co.uk> References: <3DB2F8D0.778C557B@earthlink.net> <200210221406.35774.alex@abingdon74.freeserve.co.uk>
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in message <200210221406.35774.alex@abingdon74.freeserve.co.uk>, wrote Alex Drummond thusly... > > ...if you install the perl5.8 port, the executable is called > perl5.8.0 so as not to overwrite the perl which comes with > FreeBSD). by default, the port perl is installed in /usr/local/bin (unless you change it) & system perl in /usr/bin. so it's misleading to say that perl5.8.0 is named such not to overwrite existing version. perl5.8.0 would be a symlink to "perl" in /usr/local/bin. the port may additionally run (or advice one to run) "use.perl" program to create symbolic links from/to /usr/local/bin to/from /usr/bin for some of the perl related software. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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