On Oct 31, 2017, at 15:25, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > On 31 Oct2017, at 4:22 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> On Oct 31, 2017, at 10:42, Murray Eisenberg wrote: >> >>> How do I change perl5 so as to use perl5.26 rather than perl5.24? >>> >>> I find: >>> >>> [me]$ sudo port installed |grep perl5 >>> ... >>> perl5 @5.24.2_0+perl5_24 (active) >>> perl5.24 @5.24.2_0 (active) >>> perl5.26 @5.26.0_2 (active) >>> >>> I tried: >>> >>> [me]$ sudo port install perl5 -perl5.24 +perl5.26 >> >> Not possible because perl5 does not have a perl5.26 variant yet. >> >> $ port variants perl5 >> perl5 has the variants: >> [+]perl5_24: Use MacPorts perl5.24 >> >> I don't know if that's because nobody got around to it yet or if there's >> some problem with it. >> > > But: > > [me]$ sudo port info perl5 > > perl5 @5.24.2 (lang) > Sub-ports: perl5.16, perl5.18, perl5.20, perl5.22, perl5.24, > perl5.26 > Variants: [+]perl5_24 > > (And of course the perl5.26 port exists.)
Of course. The perl5.26 port exists. You can install and use it. But the perl5 port does not have a perl5_26 variant, which is what you asked about.
