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| author | Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-11-03 14:34:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-11-03 14:34:13 +0000 |
| commit | a388101485fd695ce241a769acf40514397aa291 (patch) | |
| tree | 375feeb43e4adef0e6a0fe3a6ada63e7e5baef11 | |
| parent | 7f3acc0cfe423f3f79806e2635f94343c208e9b4 (diff) | |
| download | ports-a388101485fd695ce241a769acf40514397aa291.tar.gz ports-a388101485fd695ce241a769acf40514397aa291.zip | |
Change the default Perl version to 5.24.
We have been stuck with Perl 5.20 for too long. Now that the main
problem, mod_perl2, has been updated to work with Perl 5.22+, we can go
and live with a modern Perl.
PR: 213810
Submitted by: mat
Exp-run by: antoine
Sponsored by: Absolight
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=425221
| -rw-r--r-- | Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | UPDATING | 35 |
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk b/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk index 4669c3926b46..bb5b14d45412 100644 --- a/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk +++ b/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ MYSQL_DEFAULT?= 5.6 # Possible values: 5.18, 5.20, 5.22, devel .if !exists(${LOCALBASE}/bin/perl) || (!defined(_PORTS_ENV_CHECK) && \ defined(PACKAGE_BUILDING)) -PERL5_DEFAULT?= 5.20 +PERL5_DEFAULT?= 5.24 .elif !defined(PERL5_DEFAULT) # There's no need to replace development versions, like "5.23" with "devel" # because 1) nobody is supposed to use it outside of poudriere, and 2) it must @@ -5,6 +5,41 @@ they are unavoidable. You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20150513: + AFFECTS: users of lang/perl5* + AUTHOR: mat@FreeBSD.org + + The default Perl version has been switched to Perl 5.24. If you are using + binary packages to upgrade your system, you do not have anything to do, pkg + upgrade will do the right thing. For the other people, assuming you are + migrating from 5.20 to 5.24, do: + + First, add to /etc/make.conf: + + DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl5=5.24 + + Portupgrade users: + portupgrade -o lang/perl5.24 -f lang/perl5.20 + + You can now remove the DEFAULT_VERSIONS line added earlier + from /etc/make.conf + + Then you will need to rebuild everything that uses libperl.so, you + can do so with: + + portupgrade -f `pkg shlib -qR libperl.so.5.20` + + Portmaster users: + portmaster -o lang/perl5.24 lang/perl5.20 + + You can now remove the DEFAULT_VERSIONS line added earlier + from /etc/make.conf + + Then you will need to rebuild everything that uses libperl.so, you + can do so with: + + portmaster -f `pkg shlib -qR libperl.so.5.20` + 20161102: AFFECTS: users of security/acme-client AUTHOR: brnrd@FreeBSD.org |