From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 23 11:44:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09F4C16A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:44:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [68.168.78.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF0D43D49 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:44:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from parv_fm@mailsent.net) Received: from moo.holy.cow ([69.160.69.113]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031223194413.KRK14686.mta10.adelphia.net@moo.holy.cow>; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:44:13 -0500 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 04D93A467; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:48:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:48:37 -0500 From: parv To: "Scott I. Remick" Message-ID: <20031223194837.GA890@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: "Scott I. Remick" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Straightening out perl X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:44:32 -0000 in message , wrote Scott I. Remick thusly... > > Maybe this belongs in the -ports list... I dunno. Anyways, saw a few > messages recently that prompted me to check my perl situation: > > su-2.05b# pkg_info | grep perl- > perl-5.6.1_15 Practical Extraction and Report Language > perl-5.8.2_2 Practical Extraction and Report Language > > And wouldn't you know, everything that depends on perl depends on 5.6 > currently. Yet it seems I should be ditching 5.6 and using 5.8.2, from > what I read. May not directly apply to OP... If two versions of Perl are required (& as the situation is currently), install one port at the default location for which modules must work. Install the other perl port, for which modules are not needed, in a non-default version. If done in that order, the second port would pick up the module path from the first. Thus allowing the use of almost all the modules, except XS ones. Just a workaround until something better happens... - Parv --