Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:46:01 +0100 From: Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk> To: Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org> Cc: PetBuilder <petbuilder@mediaone.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which Ports are what Message-ID: <5KnM%2BABJLvr7EwaT@freeservesignup.freeserve.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010923165421.X34428-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> References: <003001c14488$4ce93f00$0100a8c0@home> <20010923165421.X34428-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com>
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>On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, PetBuilder wrote: > >> Ok, I sorry I don't know the exact terminology, but please bare with me. >> What I want to do, Now that I finally got Apache loaded (thanks to everyone >> who helped), is to get perl 5.6 loaded. I usually use ActiveState's perl 5.6 >> with Win2000 and it is easy to install. Is there a ActiveState package >> available in the ports section that is available for download and do I need >> to do anything special to get it to work with apache 2.0.16. >> When I go to the Perl5 section of the ports area there is 533 files to >> choose from. I cannot find perl 5.6 only 5.005. Is this the only package >> available for FreeBSD (in the ported section) or am I missing something? >> Also, what additional files are recommended with the program. Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org> writes: >you cvsupped to get the ports current, i believe mine has 5.61... Isn't that just for people running 4.4? As I understand it 4.3 is closely tied with the earlier version of Perl and although upgrading to 5.6 isn't impossible it's something only to be done if you are very sure of what you're doing and understand big risks etc. Anyone? Kevin -- kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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