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Date:      Sat, 17 Apr 2004 22:27:49 +0200
From:      Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bsdpan-DB_File - missing origin
Message-ID:  <87fzb2qri2.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de>
References:  <0e3801c4249b$7b2b1b90$c10133ce@dilkie.com>

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"Lee Dilkie" <lee@dilkie.com> writes:

> I googled this problem and I understand that *something* has
> installed this module/package/??? from CPAN. How can I find out what
> port is using this? I have a DB_File already installed from the db41
> port, so why is another one needed?

If you do 

    perl -MCPAN -e shell
    install DB_File

then you get that port.

Note that the Berkeley-DB library (from the db41 port) and the Perl
interface thereto (DB_File) are two different things.

Kai

PS: Is "thereto" correct in this context?  It seemed like a cool way
    to make the sentence shorter ;-)



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