- 2018-03-30
Affects: users of lang/perl5*
Author: mat@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
The default Perl version has been switched to Perl 5.26. 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, follow the
instructions in entry 20161103, it should still be the same.
- 2016-11-03
Affects: users of lang/perl5*
Author: mat@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
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`
- 2015-09-14
Affects: users of lang/perl5*
Author: mat@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
Binary package users can ignore this.
The way lang/perl5* ports install themselves has changed. From now on, only
the default Perl port (currently 5.20), or the version listed in
DEFAULT_VERSIONS, 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, to preserve /usr/local/bin/perl:
DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= perl5=5.xx
If your Perl package name is not called perl5-5.xx.y but perl5.xx-5.xx.y,
you will need to rename it so that portupgrade and portmaster do not get
confused:
pkg set -n perl5.xx:perl5
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) with an installation that does not have
/usr/local/bin/perl, and it will break everything.
- 2015-05-13
Affects: users of lang/perl5*
Author: mat@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
The default Perl version has been switched to Perl 5.20. 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 5.18 to 5.20, do:
Portupgrade users:
portupgrade -o lang/perl5.20 -f lang/perl5.18
portupgrade -f `pkg shlib -R libperl.so.5.18|tail +2`
Portmaster users:
portmaster -o lang/perl5.20 lang/perl5.18
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
should follow those more extensive instructions rather than the
conservative presented here.
- 2014-12-17
Affects: users of lang/perl5.*
Author: mat@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
Perl now links all .so it builds with libperl.so, it makes upgrading from one
Perl major version to another way easier. For binary package users, it means
pkg upgrade will detect the libperl.so.x.yy change, and reinstall the
affected packages. For users using ports, it will save rebuild time as it's
easier to detect what ports really need to be rebuilt.
Ports users are encouraged to rebuild ports that install files in SITE_ARCH.
If using Perl 5.18, run:
With portupgrade:
portupgrade -f `find /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/mach/5.18 -name '*.so'|xargs pkg which -qo|sort -u`
With portmaster:
portmaster `find /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/mach/5.18 -name '*.so'|xargs pkg which -qo|sort -u`
- 2014-11-27
Affects: users of lang/perl5.*
Author: mat@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
There was a nasty bug introduced in the update below, it was introduced in
SVN revision 373476 and corrected in 373485. If you get errors looking like
this one:
===> Registering installation for p5-Params-Util-1.07_1 as automatic
pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/p5-Params-Util/work/stage/usr/local/./usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/mach/5.16/auto/Params/Util/.packlist): No such file or directory
*** [fake-pkg] Error code 74
You will have to wipe your ports tree clean. If using portsnap, with:
portsnap extract
If using subversion:
svn revert -R
- 2014-11-27
Affects: users of lang/perl5.*
Author: mat@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
The .packlist files are back, if you upgraded all your p5- ports yesterday
and need them, you will need to reinstall them again, see yesterday's update
for instructions.
- 2014-11-26
Affects: users of lang/perl5.*
Author: mat@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
The directories where Perl modules are installed has changed. All
affected ports' PORTREVISION have been bumped, so upgrading should
be as painless as possible. The old directories have been kept in
the default Perl @INC to make it even more painless.
The default Perl has been switched to lang/perl5.18. These examples
are for switching from lang/perl5.16, if you are running a different
version, replace lang/perl5.16 with the origin of the Perl you have
installed.
Binary package users:
# pkg upgrade -f
Portupgrade users:
0) Fix pkgdb.db (for safety):
pkgdb -Ff
1) Reinstall new version of Perl (5.18):
portupgrade -o lang/perl5.18 -f lang/perl5.16
2) Reinstall everything that depends on Perl:
portupgrade -fr lang/perl5.18
Portmaster users:
portmaster -o lang/perl5.18 lang/perl5.16
Conservative:
portmaster p5-
Comprehensive (but perhaps overkill):
portmaster -r perl5-
Note: If the "perl5-" glob matches more than one port you will need to specify
the name of the installed Perl package explicitly. You can get its name
by running: pkg info perl5
- 2013-06-12
Affects: users of lang/perl* and any port that depends on it
Author: az@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
lang/perl5.12 has been upgraded from version 5.12.4 to 5.12.5
lang/perl5.14 has been upgraded from version 5.14.2 to 5.14.4
lang/perl5.16 has been upgraded from version 5.16.2 to 5.16.3
The directory structure where Perl is installed has also been modified:
"major.minor" is now used instead of "major.minor.patchlevel".
The "perl-after-upgrade" script has been removed.
Please rebuild all Perl ports and all ports that depend on it:
# portmaster -r perl
or
# portupgrade -rf perl
or
# pkg install -fR perl
- 2012-06-30
Affects: users of lang/perl*
Author: skv@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
lang/perl5.16 is out. If you want to switch to it from, for example
lang/perl5.12, that is:
Portupgrade users:
0) Fix pkgdb.db (for safety):
pkgdb -Ff
1) Reinstall new version of Perl (5.16):
env DISABLE_CONFLICTS=1 portupgrade -o lang/perl5.16 -f perl-5.12.\*
2) Reinstall everything that depends on Perl:
portupgrade -fr perl
Portmaster users:
portmaster -o lang/perl5.16 lang/perl5.12
Conservative:
portmaster p5-
Comprehensive (but perhaps overkill):
portmaster -r perl-
Note: If the "perl-" glob matches more than one port you will need to
specify the name of the Perl directory in /var/db/pkg explicitly.
The default version for Perl has also been changed from 5.12 to 5.14.
- 2011-05-17
Affects: users of lang/perl*
Author: skv@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
lang/perl5.14 is out. If you want to switch to it from, for example
lang/perl5.12, that is:
Portupgrade users:
0) Fix pkgdb.db (for safety):
pkgdb -Ff
1) Reinstall new version of Perl (5.14):
env DISABLE_CONFLICTS=1 portupgrade -o lang/perl5.14 -f perl-5.12.\*
2) Reinstall everything that depends on Perl:
portupgrade -fr perl
Portmaster users:
portmaster -o lang/perl5.14 lang/perl5.12
Conservative:
portmaster p5-
Comprehensive (but perhaps overkill):
portmaster -r perl-
Note: If the "perl-" glob matches more than one port you will need to
specify the name of the Perl directory in /var/db/pkg explicitly.
- 2011-05-06
Affects: users of lang/perl*
Author: skv@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
Default version of Perl was bumped to 5.12.
If you already have lang/perl5.10 or lang/perl5.8 installed, and want to
switch to lang/perl5.12 please follow instructions in the entry 20100715
in this file.
- 2010-07-15
Affects: users of lang/perl*
Author: skv@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
lang/perl5.12 is out. If you want to switch to it from, for example
lang/perl5.10, that is:
Portupgrade users:
0) Fix pkgdb.db (for safety):
pkgdb -Ff
1) Reinstall new version of Perl (5.12):
env DISABLE_CONFLICTS=1 portupgrade -o lang/perl5.12 -f perl-5.10.\*
2) Reinstall everything that depends on Perl:
portupgrade -fr perl
Portmaster users:
portmaster -o lang/perl5.12 lang/perl5.10
Conservative:
portmaster p5-
Comprehensive (but perhaps overkill):
portmaster -r perl-
Note: If the "perl-" glob matches more than one port you will need to
specify the name of the Perl directory in /var/db/pkg explicitly.
- 2010-02-05
Affects: users of lang/perl*
Author: skv@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
Default version of Perl was bumped to 5.10.
If you already have lang/perl5.8 installed, and want to switch to
lang/perl5.10 please follow instructions in the entry 20090328 in this
file.
- 2009-03-28
Affects: users of lang/perl*
Author: skv@FreeBSD.org
Reason:
lang/perl5.10 is out. If you want to switch to it from, for example
lang/perl5.8, that is:
Portupgrade users:
0) Fix pkgdb.db (for safety):
pkgdb -Ff
1) Reinstall new version of Perl (5.10):
env DISABLE_CONFLICTS=1 portupgrade -o lang/perl5.10 -f perl-5.8.\*
2) Reinstall everything that depends on Perl:
portupgrade -fr perl
Portmaster users:
env DISABLE_CONFLICTS=1 portmaster -o lang/perl5.10 lang/perl5.8
portmaster -r perl-
Note: If the "perl-" glob matches more than one port you will need to
specify the name of the Perl directory in /var/db/pkg explicitly.
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