Re: pkg upgrade problem with Perl 5.24

2017-01-13 Thread Chris H
On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:38:59 + Matthew Seaman wrote > On 2017/01/13 16:31, Chris H wrote: > > As a general rule: > > install from pkg(8) remove with pkg(8) > > install from ports(7), remove with ports(7) > > > > Sorry -- this is completely bogus. Not entirely. > You can freely mix and mat

Re: pkg upgrade problem with Perl 5.24

2017-01-13 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 2017/01/13 16:31, Chris H wrote: > As a general rule: > install from pkg(8) remove with pkg(8) > install from ports(7), remove with ports(7) > Sorry -- this is completely bogus. You can freely mix and match either way. Just make sure that the package names match up. In fact the ports removes

Re: pkg upgrade problem with Perl 5.24

2017-01-13 Thread Chris H
On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:43:41 + Holger Kipp wrote > Dear all, > > I upgraded Perl to 5.24(1.r4_1) (via pkg upgrade). > When I now try to install the latest version from ports (1.r5_1), the system > can’t install the new version because of the older version, but can’t > deinstall(*) the older

Re: pkg upgrade problem with Perl 5.24

2017-01-13 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 2017/01/13 15:43, Holger Kipp wrote: > so currently via pkg upgrade I got perl5-5.24.1.r4_1, which perl itself > confirms: ^ > ===> Installing for perl5.24-5.24.1.r5_1 Notice the difference in package names. One is call

pkg upgrade problem with Perl 5.24

2017-01-13 Thread Holger Kipp
Dear all, I upgraded Perl to 5.24(1.r4_1) (via pkg upgrade). When I now try to install the latest version from ports (1.r5_1), the system can’t install the new version because of the older version, but can’t deinstall(*) the older version (eg. via make deinstall && make reinstall). root@gw2:/