upgrading perl -ports

[Jorn Argelo]

Parv wrote:

>in message <4316BC23.9070409 at wcborstel.nl>, wrote Jorn Argelo
>thusly...
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>>About your problem, you should really recompile Perl from the
>>ports-tree if you want to upgrade your Perl version. And after you
>>did that, I always rebooted the machine. I don't know how it will
>>function without rebooting the machine, or if it's even possible
>>to upgrade Perl properly without a reboot.
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>There is no reason to reboot just to upgrade perl "properly".
>Rebooting does nothing in regard to upgrading perl, rather you just
>cause inconvenience to yourself.
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>  - Parv
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Yes, I stand corrected. Which is why I mentioned that I didn't know for 
sure ;-)

Jorn.