Setting PERL_VERSION in make.conf

[Marko Cupać]

On Mon, 7 Mar 2016 14:13:07 +0100
Stefan Bethke <stb at lassitu.de> wrote:

> I’m a bit confused about setting PERL_VERSION in make.conf. It seems
> that setting it to 5.20.3 will result in Perl-related ports to be
> built differently than not setting it.
> 
> Is this expected? How can I make sure I continue to use the version
> of perl I’ve got currently installed when the default version changes?

Default versions of ports are defined in:
/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk

http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk?revision=403082&view=co

There is an explanation in the comments part how to make changes to
make.conf.
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Marko Cupać
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