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Date:      Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:40:31 -0600
From:      Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Gustafson, Tim" <tjg@meitech.com>
Subject:   Re: Threaded Perl on 4.10-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <C441E18563E000595A2A3F92@utd49554.utdallas.edu>
In-Reply-To: <44vfc5hfc6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
References:  <DA749670ABB17C4994D03B34889179D81794B3@fee.meitech.com> <44vfc5hfc6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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--On Tuesday, November 16, 2004 12:30:01 PM -0500 Lowell Gilbert 
<freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
>
> I don't believe so, but note that the perl port will *not* install
> over the base system one; they will coexist on your system, and you
> can switch back and forth.  [The port will install a script called
> "use.perl" for this purpose.]

Note, however, that if you switch from one to the other (base to system or 
vice versa) you have to recompile all perl "apps" (CPAN modules, mod-perl, 
etc.)  If you have a lot of them, this takes some pre-planning.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu



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