Re: upgrading perl

From: Paul Schmehl (pauls_at_utdallas.edu)
Date: 12/31/04

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To: Karl Agee <kdagee@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

    --On Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:54 PM -0800 Karl Agee
    <kdagee@hotmail.com> wrote:

    > Freebsd 4.11-pre. I am working on learning perl, and have perl 5.00x
    > that is in the base system when I installed 4.10-Release. Since most of
    > the learning materials out there are based on later verisions esp since
    > 5.6.x some of the features arent in this older version.
    >
    > I am considering upgrading to 5.8.5 via ports, but, dont know if that
    > will break anything.
    >
    > Just being cautious...

    It's good to be cautious. :-)

    If you want to switch to the ports version of perl, then after you run make
    install clean in the port, you will need to do the following:

    Type "use.perl ports" at the commandline. This will switch perl from the
    system version to the ports version. Until you do this, your system will
    still be using the system version. Furthermore, you can always revert back
    to the system version by typing "use.perl system" at the commandline.

    After you do that, you will need to run "make reinstall" in any port that
    you've installed that uses perl.

    You can also install all the CPAN modules using the base system, so there's
    no need to upgrade to the ports version unless you just want to. (I chose
    to do that on a server I maintain, but it worked fine using the system
    perl.)

    Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
    Adjunct Information Security Officer
    The University of Texas at Dallas
    AVIEN Founding Member
    http://www.utdallas.edu
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