Upgrading perl modules (as ports) and "already installed" problems

Tillman Hodgson tillman at seekingfire.com
Mon Nov 17 09:30:32 PST 2003


On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 09:14:31AM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote:
> Whats the best way to ensure that all perl modules are properly and
> automatically upgrade when perl itself is upgraded?

I've since discovered that I can shorten the time somewhat by using
`pkg_info -R perl-5.6.1_14` and then portupgrading -f the ports
listed. This saves going over already-upgraded ports on every run.

-T


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