--- Michael Sig Birkmose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However lately I have also used Perl CPAN to install some perl modules. > When I get a list of > the packages I need to upgrade (portversion -l \<) these packages also > shows up - why?
I recently went through this, and although no expert, here's what I learned: Somehow the portupgrade suite can detect stuff installed via CPAN. They appear prefixed with "bsdpan-". However, because it wasn't installed in the normal manner, portupgrade can't manage upgrades, so they are all marked as "held". Each has an equivalent in the official ports tree... prefixed w/ "p5-" and maybe named a tad different (but close enough that you can figure it out). If you uninstall the CPAN versions and install the p5- versions, this seems to make portupgrade happy. That's all I know. Someone may correct me and/or elaborate. I ran into this w/ f-prot and eventually sorted everything out so I didn't get tons of errors everytime I ran portupgrade. Hope this helps! ===== Scott I. Remick --==-- ICQ: 450152 Save the internet - Use a Mozilla-based browser: http://vtbsd.net/mozilla/ FreeBSD: Because making unix user-friendly is easier than debugging Windows. http://vtbsd.net/freebsd/ "Voici mon secret. Il est tres simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon? _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
