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Subject: Re: perl 5.8.5
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--On Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:45:36 -0700 John Larson 
<johnwlarson3rd@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I installed perl 5.8.5 when I did initial install of
> freebsd 4.11 on my machine. when I do perl -v I get
> perl 5.006. when I switch to the perl 5.8.5 it cannot
> find DBI in the PM when I switch back it can.
> John Larson
>
less /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8/pkg-message will explain what you need to do.

You need to type use.perl port to switch your system to the ports version 
of perl.  Then you need to recompile all your perl apps so they use the 
ports version.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
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University of Texas at Dallas
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