perl5.8 with 4.10 stable?

[Dmitry Morozovsky]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Korey Verlsteffen wrote:

KV> >I'd like to upgrade perl on my recently installed 4.10 box - the current perl
KV> version is 5.005_03.  Do I download the >source and build/install it - and then
KV> re-install the perl modules?  Or is there a cvsup/portupgrade way of doing
KV> >this?  I have cvsup'd (ports-all tag=.) and portupgrade'd (arR) - but I still
KV> have the old perl.  :-(  Sorry, I'm new >to freebsd.  I have also cvsup'd
KV> (src-all) and rebuilt the kernel.
KV>
KV> >Any suggestions and/or redirection appreciated.  The box appears to work fine -
KV> I'd just like to have a newer perl
KV>
KV>
KV> Type the following:
KV>
KV> cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8
KV>
KV> make install clean
KV>
KV> use.perl port

... and then

portupgrade -f 'p5-*'

since most perl modules don't like new system-wide perl or even note it...


Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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