Re: perl 5.6 installed on beta 7

From: John Hay <jhay_at_icomtek.csir.co.za>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 19:58:58 +0200
> >
> >Installed from a freshly baked amd64 beta7-iso-image.
> >It installs fine, except that perl 5.6 gets installed.
> >
> >bente# pkg_info
> >perl-5.6.1_15       Practical Extraction and Report
> >Language
> >
> 
> On the miniinst ISO, only perl 5.8.5 exists.  On the full disc1 ISO,
> both 5.6.1 and 5.8.5 exist.  It your choice as to which one you want to
> install.

I installed an i386 install, just a plain one without choosing any
packages and also eneded up with perl 5.6.x. I thought that 5.8.x
is the perl of the day for FreeBSD 5.3 and higher, so have expected
that to be installed except if I specifically go and choose 5.6.x.

John
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John Hay -- John.Hay_at_icomtek.csir.co.za / jhay_at_FreeBSD.org
Received on Wed Oct 06 2004 - 15:59:15 UTC

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