Port update failure -- How do I fix?

[Tim Hogan]

Chuck Swiger wrote:

> Tim Hogan wrote:
>
>> So the bottom line is that I love the ports because I am by no means 
>> a programer.  As long as I can type make install I am good to go.  
>> The problem is that I just tried to do an upgrade on some ports that 
>> were out of date and I am now getting the error below.  A previous 
>> version was installed but now the new version will not install.  How 
>> do I fix this?  Thanks ahead of time for any help you can provide...
>
>
> The odds are that you will need to install /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8 and 
> do a "use.perl port" in order to build many perl modules, since they 
> expect a newer version of perl than what you seem to have.  Look at 
> /usr/ports/CHANGES for more help and suggestions on how to upgrade 
> perl and dependant perl ports in a reasonable fashion.
>
I get the impression that when portupgrade automatically runs "use.perl 
port"  because when I run "perl -v" I am seeing the correct perl 
version.  I was also able to move other modules by using the 
"perl-after-upgrade" script outlined in the "UPDATING" document and a 
manual process that was posted here a couple of weeks ago by another 
list member.

The funny part is that all of the other modules moved or reinstalled 
with out any problems except for "p5-DBD-mysql" and I can't seem to find 
what port needed this as a dependency.  So far nothing is complaining 
that I can find so maybe I shouldn't worry about this port.

Tim

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