find port install options

[Gerard Seibert]

On Wednesday December 20, 2006 at 11:50:10 (AM) Warren Block wrote:


> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Warren Block wrote:
> 
> >>> I suppose its safest to assume that I need to reinstall perl, but how easy 
> >>> is it to do that? I think it was installed by default.
> >
> > Easy, as long as you've updated ports with cvsup or portsnap.  As root:
> 
> [corrected by adding make deinstall]
> 
> cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8
> make deinstall
> make -DWITH_THREADS install
> make clean

You could also place the necessary flags in the /etc/make.conf file.

1)	/etc/make.conf
2)		.if $(.CURDIR:M*/lang/perl5.8)
3)		WITH_THREADS=yes
4)		.endif

Now any program that you use to install Perl with will use those
settings.

-- 
Gerard