Thank you for the reply. I tought that is something simple, but i will install shapshot
Vhr`r nr James Wright <james2ve...@aim.com>: > <pavka <at> mail.bg> writes: > >> >> Hi people! >> I use OpenBSD 4.4 and i need to have perl-5.8.9. I upgraded it via >> "perl -MCPAN -e shell", it installed successfully, but my pkgtools - >> pkg_info and etc. become broken: > >> >> Is there something special when upgrading perl, that i missed ? > > Yes, that it isn't supported? If you wanted a later Perl, update to > OpenBSD 4.5 > which comes with 5.10. Sounds like CPAN.pm didn't set the correct INC > (specifically /usr/libdata/perl5 and friends). You could try a cvs update in > /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl and use make -f Makefile.bsd-wrapper to build and > install. I haven't tried it and can't guarantee it will work, but it is much > more likely to work than what you have already tried. It is also > not supported > (you'd need to upgrade your ports, ports tree, pkg_add and most > likely anything > else using perl in base, a real frankensystem). It would be much > easier just to > upgrade to 4.5 or a snapshot. > > Alternatively perl 5.10 can be installed into its own completely independent > tree (e.g. /usr/local/perl5.10), so you could try that too (not an > option before > 5.10 I think) though your base will still use the perl in /usr/bin > and any local > patches will not have been applied. > > > ------------------------------------- ICN.Bg q m`i-anc`r`r` c`l` nr Unqrhmc sqksch m` Azkc`pqjh o`g`p Unqrhmc nr 2.60 kb. q DDQ | Aegok`rem dnleim oph unqrhmc onpzwj` VPS qzpbzph - 42 kb. q DDQ| M`erh Qzpbzph - 149 kb. q DDQ http://icn.bg/
