* On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 12:20:29PM -0400 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out of date and I am now getting the error below.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.
Just for the record I too am getting the same error when attempting to update p5-DBD-mysql. Everything went well with the last perl upgrade (including the use of the perl-after-upgrade script) and I am using the 5.8 version. ################################################################### # perl -v This is perl, v5.8.7 built for i386-freebsd-64int (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2005, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page. # ################################################################### This started when I CVSUPed my ports tree on July 9th and portversion reported p5-DBD-mysql could be updated. I'll submit this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark -- "The fix is only temporary...unless it works." - Red Green _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
