Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:44:10 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> Subject: Re: Upgrading perl Message-ID: <200406141244.10620.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <16589.64030.407800.164197@ran.psg.com> References: <40CDC77A.8090300@fer.hr> <16589.64030.407800.164197@ran.psg.com>
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On Monday 14 June 2004 12:18 pm, Randy Bush wrote: > > Is there a way to switch over to 5.8 without breaking everything? > > take two days off, but leave the dog at home to hit the "O" key > when some damed options menu comes up, and follow the instrs in > /usr/ports/UPDATING > > 20040531: > AFFECTS: users of lang/perl5.8 > > lang/perl5.8 has been updated to 5.8.4. you should update > everything depending on perl, that is : > * first, upgrade your perl5.8 installation. > * run "use.perl port", so that the system knows you have 5.8.4. > * now, run some magic incantations to upgrade all ports depending > on perl, that is run something like : > portupgrade -f `(pkg_info -R perl-5.8.4 |tail +4; \ > find /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2 -type f -print0 \ > > | xargs -0 pkg_which -fv | sed -e '/: ?/d' -e 's/.*: > | //')|sort -u` > > This is likely to fail for a few ports, you'll have to upgrade > them afterward. > Actually, automake should be in that list. Some of the older versions invoke the perl that was around at the time it was updated. You also need to portupgrade -f automake. Then, the perl that it invokes on the 1st line will be the one you just updated to. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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