[REPOST] problem upgrading perl
Doug Barton
dougb at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jun 16 20:16:16 UTC 2009
Scott Bennett wrote:
> I got no responses when I posted this a few days ago, so I'm reposting
> it now. I'd really like to finish the perl upgrade process, so I could move
> on to installing/updating other ports safely, but could use some advice.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Following the instructions in /usr/ports/UPDATING for upgrading from
> lang/perl5.8 to lang/perl5.10 using portmaster, the first part seems to go
> well. The last line of that process is where the excerpt below begins.
> The second step, as you will see, fails with the error message shown.
> /usr/ports/UPDATING neglects to mention what to do next, and the process
> looks incomplete at this point. If someone could offer instructions for
> completing the process, I would be grateful.
>
> ===>>> Upgrade of perl-5.8.9_2 to perl-threaded-5.10.0_3 complete
>
> hellas# nice +18 portmaster -v -r perl\*
As someone else already pointed out, the -r option can only take one
port, so if the glob matches more than one it won't work. Specifying
the specific installed port from the directory in /var/db/pkg is the
way to go.
hope this helps,
Doug
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