To use.perl port or not?

[Keith Beattie]

On 3/23/2004 8:37 AM, Joshua Lokken wrote:
>>So, does it seem reasonable that switching perl could have caused/solved 
>>this problem?  How 'bleeding edge' is doing a 'use.perl port'?  Is it 
>>something that indeed requires a large rebuild of one's system?  If so, how 
>>does one go about finding the list of things which need to be rebuilt?
> 
> /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade is a great tool for managing software
> and dependencies.  Install it, read the man pages, and do:
> 
> portupgrade -rf perl
> 
> That's if you're using perl from the ports collection.  It will
> rebuild all apps that require perl.

Indeed it is a great tool, I use it nearly everyday.  But in this case it 
seems to not help because the system perl (at least for 4.9) is not a port. 
So, it appears, ports that depend on the system perl - don't know it.  When I 
run that command all that it does is reinstall the perl port.

So I don't have any ports that depend on the new perl.  But when I made the 
new perl the system perl (by running 'use.perl port') my system became 
unstable and running 'use.perl system' fixed it.  Is this a known risk?

ksb