[REPOST] problem upgrading perl

[Doug Barton]

Scott Bennett wrote:
>      I got no responses when I posted this a few days ago, so I'm reposting
> it now.  I'd really like to finish the perl upgrade process, so I could move
> on to installing/updating other ports safely, but could use some advice.
>    --------------------------------------------------------------------
>      Following the instructions in /usr/ports/UPDATING for upgrading from
> lang/perl5.8 to lang/perl5.10 using portmaster, the first part seems to go
> well.  The last line of that process is where the excerpt below begins.
> The second step, as you will see, fails with the error message shown.
> /usr/ports/UPDATING neglects to mention what to do next, and the process
> looks incomplete at this point.  If someone could offer instructions for
> completing the process, I would be grateful.
> 
> ===>>> Upgrade of perl-5.8.9_2 to perl-threaded-5.10.0_3 complete
> 
> hellas# nice +18 portmaster -v -r perl\*

As someone else already pointed out, the -r option can only take one
port, so if the glob matches more than one it won't work. Specifying
the specific installed port from the directory in /var/db/pkg is the
way to go.


hope this helps,

Doug