On Nov 3, 2013, at 12:04, Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote: > This is quite confusing > > 09:45:13 [lucknow.att.net] ~$ which perl > /opt/local/bin/perl > 09:45:31 [lucknow.att.net] ~$ perl -v > > This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 4 (v5.12.4) built for > darwin-thread-multi-2level > ..
So far so normal. > 09:46:47 [lucknow.att.net] ~$ sudo port install perl5 +perl5_18 > ---> Computing dependencies for perl5 > ---> Cleaning perl5 > ---> Scanning binaries for linking errors: 100.0% > ---> No broken files found. Observe that nothing happened: MacPorts did not reinstall the port. > 09:47:42 [lucknow.att.net] ~$ perl -v > > This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 4 (v5.12.4) built for > darwin-thread-multi-2level > .. > > 09:47:53 [lucknow.att.net] ~$ sudo port installed perl5 > The following ports are currently installed: > perl5 @5.12.4_0+perl5_12 (active) > > 09:47:56 [lucknow.att.net] ~$ ls -alF /opt/local/bin/perl > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8 Oct 31 17:46 /opt/local/bin/perl@ -> perl5.12 > 09:49:44 [lucknow.att.net] ~$ So it is not surprising that this is still the same. > 09:49:44 [lucknow.att.net] ~$ port installed perl5* > The following ports are currently installed: > perl5 @5.12.4_0+perl5_12 (active) > perl5.12 @5.12.4_2 (active) > perl5.16 @5.16.1_3 (active) > perl5.18 @5.18.1_0 (active) > 09:53:02 [lucknow.att.net] ~$ > > Suggestions? Observe with “port variants perl5” that it does not have a variant called “perl5_18”. We should add one. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
