Re: find port install options

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Warren Block wrote:

I suppose its safest to assume that I need to reinstall perl, but how easy is it to do that? I think it was installed by default.

Easy, as long as you've updated ports with cvsup or portsnap. As root:

[corrected by adding make deinstall]

cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8
make deinstall
make -DWITH_THREADS install
make clean

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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