From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Aug 12 03:16:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA05000 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 03:16:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA04960; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 03:16:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (IDENT:KaucqNHgxsAKhuR9arMeHfGPQsJKyWwO@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA03136; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:15:38 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199808121015.MAA03136@gratis.grondar.za> To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, markm@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating p5-* ports for perl-5.005_01 Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:15:36 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > * > Will there be anything left behind? I was under the impression that > * > 5.00n+1 is always a strict superset of 5.00n. :) > * > * Oh, no! They change things in wierd-and-wonderful ways. > > Eek. Maybe you can add a "/bin/rm -rf /usr/libdata/perl5/5.005" in > the install rule when you upgrade to 5.006. :) Can do. > * The guys making the packages didn't always get it right. > > The interesting thing is, the p5-* ports didn't change, but perl going > from 5.004 to 5.005 somehow changed the way p5-* ports install stuff > in many different ways. Err. That has to do with the defaults built into the POD code, and the way the package maker and author (ab)used them. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message