Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:34:07 -0400 From: "Bill Schmitt (SW)" <software@schmittnet.com> To: scuba@centroin.com.br Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenWebMail won't make Message-ID: <42C07EDF.6080002@schmittnet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.33.0506271710360.22311-100000@hypselo.centroin.com.br> References: <Pine.BSI.4.33.0506271710360.22311-100000@hypselo.centroin.com.br>
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scuba@centroin.com.br wrote: >Hi Bill, > >On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Bill Schmitt (SW) wrote: > >|I've been trying to install openwebmail. I've tried portupgrade and make >|and both seem to have the same issue. I get an error message that perl >|5.6.1 or higher is needed and suggesting that I install 5.8. I've done >|that (several times) but I still get the error message. Has anyone come >|across this and have a solution? I'm running FBSD 4.9. > > What the command bellow shows to you: > > # perl -v > > Following is a script to upgrade perl: > > > i) Install the perl5.8 port: > > # portinstall lang/perl5.8 > > - or - > > # cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8 > # make install > > ii) Set the new version of perl to be the default. (This also turns > off building perl as part of the base system): > > # use.perl port > > iii) Re-install any 3rd party modules, etc that you've installed so > the new perl can access them. There should be a neater way of > doing this... > > # find /usr/local/lib/perl5/{site_perl/5.005,5.00503} -type f \ > -print0 | \ xargs -0 -n 1 pkg_which | sort -u /tmp/perl-ports > > # vi perl-ports > > [ Sanity check the results: take out any non-ports (like > '?'), ports that are now bundled with perl or that you no > longer wish to have installed ] > > # portupgrade -f `cat /tmp/perl-ports` > > iv) All of the versions of automake use perl and have the version to use >as the 1st line. You need to: > > portupgrade -f automake > > to get things ready for your new version of perl. > >- Marcelo Souza > > > > > I thank you very much Marcelo. I had forgotten about the use.perl thing (I'm rebuilding a crashed system).
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