aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/UPDATING
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorMathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>2015-05-13 21:51:07 +0000
committerMathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>2015-05-13 21:51:07 +0000
commit5f16fc67f1efbdbf1fab17484d72a635a916f78e (patch)
treeb29268cb496f65d1f324363090649f246ebd6c77 /UPDATING
parent22e35defe3e6e79553e6fe86f5e8e958703ef2f7 (diff)
downloadports-5f16fc67f1efbdbf1fab17484d72a635a916f78e.tar.gz
ports-5f16fc67f1efbdbf1fab17484d72a635a916f78e.zip
Add a note about /usr/bin/perl.
Sponsored by: Absolight
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=386270
Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
-rw-r--r--UPDATING6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index b15e4ed5dc6a..fc9dad257a7a 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
portmaster -f `pkg shlib -R libperl.so.5.18|tail +2`
+ NOTE:
+ Perl has been removed from base more than ten years ago, so it was way past
+ time for the /usr/bin/perl symlink to be removed from the port. If for
+ some strange reason, you still need it, you will have to create it
+ manually.
+
IMPORTANT:
In case you have not updated your system in a while, and specifically,
followed the 20141126 instructions regarding the new Perl layout, you