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Date:      Mon, 21 Feb 2000 15:41:32 +1000 (EST)
From:      andrew@ugh.net.au
To:        fbsd question <fbsdq@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: perl 2.2.6
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002211538500.31690-100000@beebite.ugh.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <20000221021636.99064.qmail@hotmail.com>

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On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, fbsd question wrote:

> Hi, want to upgrade perl 4.036 to perl 5. What do i have to do to remove 
> perl 4.036,this came with system. So that when i install perl5
> using pkg_add,perl5 is in /usr/bin/perl

Just install the perl 5 package and specify /usr/local/bin/perl when you
want it. Its not a good idea to replace perl4 completly on such an old
system as there may be scripts that wont work under perl5.

I would really recommend you do a full system upgrade.

Andrew



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