On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:46:38 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2004-11-19 10:27, CHris Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to upgrade from 5.3RC1 to 5.3-RELEASE i cvsupped the src > > following the instructions given by Adam Smith(?) in a recent thread. > > I've read the handbook pages and some other things on the web on > > upgrading your system > > > > buildworld completes no problem, but when i try do a make buildkernel > > KERNCONF=GENERIC i get the following error: > > Hmmm. Are you sure you are running 5.3RC1? > > AFAIK, perl5 isn't used in any part of the build these days, since > it's not part of the base system. In fact, a recent buildworld and > buildkernel cycle for which I have a logfile contains no perl > invocations. > > > I've tried going into ports to install perl5 but there is perl5.8 > > there as well and not sure which one would be better. > > The latest should be fine. Ports that need an older perl version will > take care of this behind the scenes. > >
This is my uname -a FreeBSD arwen.localhost.com 5.3-RC1 FreeBSD 5.3-RC1 #0: Mon Nov 24 18:31:21 CST 2003 Though I'm far from being a guru and am quite the newbie at most things so I'm going to try and install perl5.8 and see what happens THanks :) _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
