> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 11:07:09 -0500 (EST)
> From: Mark Stosberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: perl 5.8.0 "use.perl system" doesn't update /usr/local/bin/perl
first, i'm no authority, so take this with a grain of salt
> I ran into a small hang-up running "use.perl system" (after running
> "user.perl port") which I'd like to
> ask about. The script sucessfully updated "/usr/bin/perl", but left me
> with a couple oddities.
>
> First, "/usr/bin/perl5.8.0" now points to perl 5.00503, which is
> confusing.
surely that looks like a bug
> Secondly, "/usr/local/bin/perl" still points to the newer Perl 5.8.0. As
> a FreeBSD user from the 2.2.x days, I still have several perl scripts on
> the system that refer to "/usr/local/bin/perl", because /usr/bin/perl
> pointed to perl 4, if I recall correctly.
/usr/local/bin/perl being the 5.8.0 perl is ok IMO. the correct
solution should be to modify your legacy scripts.
> It's easy enough to work around this with some symbolic links, but I
> expected the "use.perl system" script would have updated
> "/usr/local/bin/perl" to point to the older perl as well, while still
> preserving the perl 5.8 binary somewhere.
>
> Does anyone have any insights into why the "use.perl" script isn't
> taking care of this?
i'd say because it wasn't intended to make the /usr/local/bin/perl
point to the system perl.
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