Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:01:50 +0100 (CET) From: Espen Skoglund <esk@ira.uka.de> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Incompatability in formats of PERL_VERSION on 4-STABLE and 5-CURRENT Message-ID: <14866.35134.469517.586911@i30nb2.ira.uka.de> In-Reply-To: <3A12836F.B4936788@FreeBSD.org> References: <3A12836F.B4936788@FreeBSD.org>
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[Maxim Sobolev]
> I wonder if anyone noticed, but PERL_VERSION variable has different
> formats on 4-STABLE and 5-CURRENT:
> 4-STABLE:
> $ make -V PERL_VERSION
> 5.00503
> 5-CURRENT:
> $ make -V PERL_VERSION
> 5.6.0
Since version naming in perl has changed to new style (i.e., 5.6.x)
starting with the 5.6.0 release, I think it would be unwise to use a
FreeBSD specific way of naming it. The last release of perl that uses
old style version naming is 5.005_03.
eSk
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