Well, all the perls in /usr/bin are from days ago, so wherever active state put perl, it was not in /usr/bin. On my other Mac it is in /opt, but not on my MacAir
On 10/19/09 4:44 PM, Benjamin Reed wrote: > On 10/19/09 4:25 PM, James Rome wrote: > > Ah. 5.8.9 was installed. Setting the path to /usr/bin/perl5.8.9 fixed > > Commander. > > Although if things continue to work in general (fink or otherwise) after > overwriting /usr/bin/perl with ActivePerl, you'll be very lucky indeed. > Overwriting system stuff is *never* a good idea, and on OSX, > /usr/bin/perl was a very special tool that handles 32/64-bit plugins in > a somewhat clean way, as well as choosing perl versions and such like > your properties-changing was supposed to handle. > > If ActivePerl overwrote /usr/bin/perl, all that magic is gone now. It > would be a good idea to try to get it back to some semblance of how the > system was installed... > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
