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author | Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-11-03 14:34:13 +0000 |
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committer | Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-11-03 14:34:13 +0000 |
commit | a388101485fd695ce241a769acf40514397aa291 (patch) | |
tree | 375feeb43e4adef0e6a0fe3a6ada63e7e5baef11 /UPDATING | |
parent | Add missing dependencies. (diff) |
Change the default Perl version to 5.24.
We have been stuck with Perl 5.20 for too long. Now that the main
problem, mod_perl2, has been updated to work with Perl 5.22+, we can go
and live with a modern Perl.
PR: 213810
Submitted by: mat
Exp-run by: antoine
Sponsored by: Absolight
Notes
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svn path=/head/; revision=425221
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@@ -5,6 +5,41 @@ they are unavoidable. You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20150513: + AFFECTS: users of lang/perl5* + AUTHOR: mat@FreeBSD.org + + The default Perl version has been switched to Perl 5.24. If you are using + binary packages to upgrade your system, you do not have anything to do, pkg + upgrade will do the right thing. For the other people, assuming you are + migrating from 5.20 to 5.24, do: + + First, add to /etc/make.conf: + + DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl5=5.24 + + Portupgrade users: + portupgrade -o lang/perl5.24 -f lang/perl5.20 + + You can now remove the DEFAULT_VERSIONS line added earlier + from /etc/make.conf + + Then you will need to rebuild everything that uses libperl.so, you + can do so with: + + portupgrade -f `pkg shlib -qR libperl.so.5.20` + + Portmaster users: + portmaster -o lang/perl5.24 lang/perl5.20 + + You can now remove the DEFAULT_VERSIONS line added earlier + from /etc/make.conf + + Then you will need to rebuild everything that uses libperl.so, you + can do so with: + + portmaster -f `pkg shlib -qR libperl.so.5.20` + 20161102: AFFECTS: users of security/acme-client AUTHOR: brnrd@FreeBSD.org |