Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 10:48:37 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Ketung.hsiao@losangeles.af.mil Subject: Re: Perl -v Message-ID: <199810081748.KAA17316@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <361CE5ED.38EC6282@losangeles.af.mil>
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>Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 09:18:53 -0700 >From: Ketung hsiao <Ketung.hsiao@losangeles.af.mil> >I then did: > cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5 > make install >after this: > perl -v still give me "This is perl, verision 4.0" I believe that the port places perl in /usr/local/bin; I expect that your execution path (the environment variable PATH) has /usr/bin prior to /usr/local/bin in the search sequence. I choose to make my PATH so that /usr/local/bin precedes /usr/bin; thus: pau-amma[1] which perl && perl -v /usr/local/bin/perl This is perl, version 5.005_02 built for i386-freebsd Copyright 1987-1998, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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