Nothing works right when i try it, buildkernel problems..

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2004-11-19 10:27, CHris Rich <freebsdnews at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to upgrade from 5.3RC1 to 5.3-RELEASE i cvsupped the src
> following the instructions given by Adam Smith(?) in a recent thread.
> I've read the handbook pages and some other things on the web on
> upgrading your system
>
> buildworld completes no problem, but when i try do a make buildkernel
> KERNCONF=GENERIC i get the following error:

Hmmm.  Are you sure you are running 5.3RC1?

AFAIK, perl5 isn't used in any part of the build these days, since
it's not part of the base system.  In fact, a recent buildworld and
buildkernel cycle for which I have a logfile contains no perl
invocations.

> I've tried going into ports to install perl5 but there is perl5.8
> there as well and not sure which one would be better.

The latest should be fine.  Ports that need an older perl version will
take care of this behind the scenes.