in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Alex Drummond thusly... > > ...if you install the perl5.8 port, the executable is called > perl5.8.0 so as not to overwrite the perl which comes with > FreeBSD).
by default, the port perl is installed in /usr/local/bin (unless you change it) & system perl in /usr/bin. so it's misleading to say that perl5.8.0 is named such not to overwrite existing version. perl5.8.0 would be a symlink to "perl" in /usr/local/bin. the port may additionally run (or advice one to run) "use.perl" program to create symbolic links from/to /usr/local/bin to/from /usr/bin for some of the perl related software. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
