From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 24 14:49:15 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD2061065670 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:49:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from mail.mroute.net (lax-gw09.mailroute.net [199.89.0.109]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5E858FC1E for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:49:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lax-gw09.mroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 614A61385BE; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:49:14 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: by MailRoute Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [208.79.95.2]) by lax-gw09.mroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A66A1384EF; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:49:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 820F1473D; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:49:13 -0700 (PDT) From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: "Dieter BSD" References: <20110624051018.320540@gmx.com> x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.18.8.14; tzolkin = 4 Ix; haab = 2 Tzec Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:49:13 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20110624051018.320540@gmx.com> (Dieter BSD's message of "Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:10:15 +0000") Message-ID: <86k4cbnv2u.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing X11 gives perl version conflict X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:49:15 -0000 >>>>> "Dieter" == Dieter BSD writes: Dieter> Attempt to install package xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.2.tbz Dieter> gives conflict between perl-5.10.1_3 and perl-5.12.3 Dieter> even when installing into clean directory tree. Packages seem like a great idea when you get started, but they're all built with the default configs, and those don't necessarily line up. Always build from source. Always build from source. When you installed 5.12 Perl, it put a marker in /etc/make.conf such that had you built the xf86-video-fbdev from source, it would have depended on 5.12 Perl, not the 5.10 Perl baked in to the default package. Do that, and all will be well. Yes, I had to learn this the hard way a year ago, so now I pass along that knowledge. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion