Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 12:20:36 +0100 From: Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading Perl... Somebody just shoot me and put me out of my misery! Message-ID: <201311231220.36687.Mark.Martinec%2Bfreebsd@ijs.si> In-Reply-To: <25503.1385152807@server1.tristatelogic.com> References: <25503.1385152807@server1.tristatelogic.com>
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On Friday 22 November 2013 21:40:07 Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> Now, one last little thing...
>
> The note in the UPDATING file dated 20131120 gives essentially the same
> instructions as the one dated 20131023, *however* it also contains this:
>
> 1) Change the option in lang/perl5.16:
> make -C /usr/ports/lang/perl5.16 config
>
> HUH?? I don't understand this at all. What exactly is "the option" that
> we are changing here? And what does it matter to anything?
>
> It would be Nice if this were entierly less opaque.
$ man ports
[...]
config Configure OPTIONS for this port using dialog4ports(1).
> And what does it matter to anything?
Gives you a choice to re-think your existing/chosen port options.
For example, a new default is now THREADS, but you may not like
it, as it somewhat increases the memory usage and requires
to rebuild all perl modules.
Mark
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