Can't get perl-after-upgrade to run

[Dominique Goncalves]

On 6/26/05, Christopher Kelley <bsd at kelleycows.com> wrote:
> I just updated my perl5.8 from 5.8.6_2 to 5.8.7 and I can't get the
> perl-after-upgrade utility to run.  It's really baffling me and I'm sure
> I'll learn something new in this, but I've run out of ideas. I am logged
> in as root.  I've tried "./perl-after-upgrade"  (in the
> /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8/files) directory and it says
> "./perl-after-upgrade: Command not found"  I thought maybe it was
> something with the dashes in the name, so I renamed it with the same
> result.  I copied it to my /root subdirectory and tried the original
> name and a new name with the same result, even though a couple scripts I
> wrote run just fine from /root.  I checked the permissions and they are
> -rwxr-xr-x.
> 
> The only thing that "worked" was to run "sh perl-after-upgrade" but I
> get an error:
> 
> 
> root at lion:/usr/ports/lang/perl5.8/files# sh perl-after-upgrade
> =pod: not found
> =head1: not found
> Unknown option `--'
> Usage:
>         perl-after-upgrade
>         perl-after-upgrade -v
>         perl-after-upgrade -f
> =head1: not found
> fastest_cvsup-0.2.9_1: 0 moved, 0 modified, 0 adjusted
> portupgrade-20041226_4: 0 moved, 0 modified, 0 adjusted
> -
> ---
> Fixed 0 packages (0 files moved, 0 files modified)
> Skipped 21 packages
> fastest_cvsup-0.2.9_1: 0 moved, 0 modified, 0 adjusted
> portupgrade-20041226_4: 0 moved, 0 modified, 0 adjusted
> /
> ---
> Fixed 0 packages (0 files moved, 0 files modified)
> Skipped 21 packages
> perl-after-upgrade version 1.2
> =head1: not found
> perl-after-upgrade: 26: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> Exit 2
> root at lion:/usr/ports/lang/perl5.8/files#
> 
> 
> And, if I type "sh perl-after-upgrade -f"  I get the EXACT same output
> as above, leading me to believe it is ignoring the -f option.
> 
> I'm stumped.  or is this the expected output and I'm too dense to
> understand it?
> 
> Christopher
> 
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Hi,

Use /usr/local/bin/perl-after-upgrade

Best regards.

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