Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:53:13 -0600 From: CHris Rich <freebsdnews@gmail.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nothing works right when i try it, buildkernel problems.. Message-ID: <8292450b0411190853628b5a82@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041119164638.GA1129@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <8292450b041119082742f2711b@mail.gmail.com> <20041119164638.GA1129@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:46:38 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On 2004-11-19 10:27, CHris Rich <freebsdnews@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm trying to upgrade from 5.3RC1 to 5.3-RELEASE i cvsupped the src > > following the instructions given by Adam Smith(?) in a recent thread. > > I've read the handbook pages and some other things on the web on > > upgrading your system > > > > buildworld completes no problem, but when i try do a make buildkernel > > KERNCONF=GENERIC i get the following error: > > Hmmm. Are you sure you are running 5.3RC1? > > AFAIK, perl5 isn't used in any part of the build these days, since > it's not part of the base system. In fact, a recent buildworld and > buildkernel cycle for which I have a logfile contains no perl > invocations. > > > I've tried going into ports to install perl5 but there is perl5.8 > > there as well and not sure which one would be better. > > The latest should be fine. Ports that need an older perl version will > take care of this behind the scenes. > > This is my uname -a FreeBSD arwen.localhost.com 5.3-RC1 FreeBSD 5.3-RC1 #0: Mon Nov 24 18:31:21 CST 2003 Though I'm far from being a guru and am quite the newbie at most things so I'm going to try and install perl5.8 and see what happens THanks :)
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