From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Apr 14 20:20:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA02208 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:20:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from firewall.scitec.com.au (firewall-user@fgate.scitec.com.au [203.17.180.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA02174 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 03:20:15 GMT (envelope-from john.saunders@scitec.com.au) Received: by firewall.scitec.com.au; id NAA22953; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:20:08 +1000 (EST) Received: from mailhub.scitec.com.au(203.17.180.131) by fgate.scitec.com.au via smap (3.2) id xma022942; Wed, 15 Apr 98 13:19:44 +1000 Received: from hydra.scitec.com.au (hydra.scitec.com.au [203.17.182.101]) by mailhub.scitec.com.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id NAA20434 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:19:41 +1000 Received: from scitec.com.au (saruman.scitec.com.au) by hydra.scitec.com.au with ESMTP (1.40.112.8/16.2) id AA206780380; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:19:41 +1000 Message-Id: <3534274C.282F0F5B@scitec.com.au> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:19:40 +1000 From: John Saunders Organization: SCITEC LIMITED X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Queries References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The first FreeBSD that I installed was 2.2.5 and it installed an older version of perl. However in the packages I was able to install perl 5.004_01. The FreeBSD "standard" perl lives in /usr/bin and the installed package goes into /usr/local/bin/perl. I'm not sure why they keep the old version 4 around, probably since it's known to be stable. It's also in the CVS tree so I suppose it gets officialy supported and fixed. Cheers. Joey Garcia wrote: > > People have been talking about what they would like from FreeBSD and stuff > like that. I have been wondering...I remember way back when I installed > (or tried to install) FreeBSD 2.2.2, it installed old versions of Perl and > other stuff, when there was a brand new (stable, I think) version of Perl. > I think it installed Perl 4.0 when there was a Perl 5.003 at the time. > > Does the installation process of newer version of FreeBSD do the same, or > have they fixed it so that new software versions get installed? I know > that Linux was always up to date on things like that, but then again Linux > usually gets ported to pretty quick. > > Anyways....in case that FreeBSD is still slow on getting new software > versions installed during installation...maybe it's time that FreeBSD > speeds up things like this. But that's only in case they haven't done so > already. > > Just my opinion and stuff, if it matters. :) > > Joey Bear Garcia > > =================================================== > Joseph Garcia > Downey, CA > bear@pacificnet.net > "Dont drink and drive, you might spill the beer." > =================================================== > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ . | John Saunders mailto:John.Saunders@scitec.com.au (Work) | ,--_|\ | mailto:john@nlc.net.au (Home) | / Oz \ | http://www.nlc.net.au/~john/ | \_,--\_/ | SCITEC LIMITED Phone +61 2 9428 9563 Fax +61 2 9428 9933 | v | "By the time you make ends meet, they move the ends." | +------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message