Subject: Re: perl update?
To: Masao Uebayashi <uebayasi@soum.co.jp>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 01/25/2001 12:04:04
>> >if i go and remove the pkg by hand and then install the new one...does
>> >everything get screwed up? or should i really go around rebuilding 28
>> >things after i reinstall perl? i'm pretty sure that they all just
>> >wanna know the binary is at /usr/pkg/bin/perl...
>>
>> or...what if i just remove the +REQUIRED_BY file from the pkg
>> database, delete and reinstall perl, and then put it back?
>
>Are you sure that Perl distributes files/directories cotaining its
>version number?
um...well...yes, it does. i've got directories called:
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/5.00503
/usr/pkg/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
that have stuff in them. i don't see what that has to do with
upgrading...
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