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@@ -5,6 +5,32 @@ 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. +20150914: + AFFECTS: users of lang/perl5* + AUTHOR: mat@FreeBSD.org + + Binary package users can ignore this. + + The way lang/perl5* ports install themselves has changed. From now on, only + the default Perl version will install /usr/local/bin/perl. + + If you are NOT using the default version of Perl (as of right now, it is + 5.20) you MUST add a line setting the version you are using to your + /etc/make.conf: + + DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl5=5.xx + + Especially, after this date, to migrate from one Perl version to the other, + you must first put the DEFAULT_VERSIONS line in your make.conf, and then, for + example, if you want to move from 5.20 to 5.22, do: + + pkg set -o lang/perl5.20:lang/perl5.22 + portmaster `pkg shlib -qR libperl.so.5.20` + + If you do not do that, you will replace your default Perl 5.20 installation + (one that has /usr/local/bin/perl) to an installation that does not have + /usr/local/bin/perl, and it will break everything. + 20150908: AFFECTS: users of print/texlive-base AUTHOR: hrs@FreeBSD.org |