> # For folks who need the latest/greatest Perl, there is always > # the Perl port, which is distributed with FreeBSD on DVD or CD > # in binary installable format. > > Do you not upgrade base Perl because there's something wrong with it, > because it works and you don't want to break it, or because it's too > much of a hassle?
The last two; because it works, and because upgrading is a hassle. > # > 3: The Perl distribution must be split into a core part, and > # > additional modules. > # > # If "core" is just the basic language+Dynaloader, libperl and > # some documentation, then I am strongly in agreement. > > I would imagine that we'd also want CPAN.pm (or CPANPLUS.pm), at least. > That way we could stick perlbase-(version) and perllib-(version) on the > CPAN and pull down perllib once we have perlbase built (for a normal > install--there'd probably be a Configure question asking if you'd like > to get the standard lib). Maybe. That could be simply added later (Linux's RPM system or FreeBSD's pkg_add). > Starting with Perl 5.10.0, the Perl distribution is split into > two parts, perlbase and perllib. You have downloaded perlbase. > perllib contains most of the standard library. If you'd like, > Perl can automatically download and install perllib from the CPAN > once Perl has finished installing. It can also automatically > install it if it's already been downloaded, or it can run without > perllib. > > Do you want to download perllib from the CPAN? [yes] no > Have you downloaded it already? [yes] no > > Perl will not download or install perllib. You can always > download and install it yourself using CPAN.pm--just use > the command 'install perllib-5.10.0'. Can I download and install it _without_ CPAN, to get a proper FreeBSD package built? BSDPAN? > I would expect that perl -v would let you know if the library wasn't > installed: Yes. > `install perllib-5.10.0' at the `cpan>' prompt. You will > probably need to have > root or administrator access to do this. FreeBSD would have this as "pkg_install [URL:]perllib-5.10.0" at root's prompt. > (Of course, the parenthesized line and the last paragraph would > disappear once perllib was installed.) Right. Preferably not by patching binaries. M -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn #text/plain; name=cv.doc [Mark Murray CV Plain Text] cv.doc #application/octet-stream; name=cv.pdf [Mark Murray CV PDF] cv.pdf
