Re: perl versions/ports
From: Georg Klein (georg.klein_at_gmx.info)
Date: 12/30/03
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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 22:31:53 +0000 (UTC)
Matthias Leopold <bedhead@gmx.net> told us in 'comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc':
> hi
>
> this may be a dumb question (i'm not a perl programmer) but i'll just try:
> i used my freebsd 4.9 with system perl for a while and installed some
> p5-* modules via the ports tree. then i upgraded the perl version to
> perl 5.6.1 and entered "use.perl port". when i now install perl modules
> from ports they are put into
> "/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1"
> instead of
> "/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005".
> this is perfectly logical. just what happens to programs that use perl
> modules that i installed before i switched to perl 5.6.1? do they stop
> working? do i have to upgrade all these modules? manually? are there
> commands for upgrading these modules?
>
> thanks for help
> matthias
>
I guess you will have problems if you have installed modules under 5.005
that any of your scripts request. The modules will not be found under
5.6.1. You will have to reinstall them.
Regards
Georg
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