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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news-xfer.netaxs.com!news.mathworks.com!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!erlenstar.demon.co.uk!erlenstar.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Andrew Gierth <andrew@erlenstar.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Note! 2 versions of Perl in Release 2.1.6-Release Date: 11 Feb 1997 04:54:16 +0000 Organization: disorganised Message-ID: <87pvy8gcxz.fsf@erlenstar.demon.co.uk> References: <5doo2u$b64@lester.appstate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost X-NNTP-Posting-Host: erlenstar.demon.co.uk X-Attribution: AG X-Mayan-Date: Long count = 12.19.3.16.6; tzolkin = 8 Cimi; haab = 9 Pax X-Geek: (V3.1) GCS/IT/CC d- s:+ a- C++++$ UABHVC++++$ P---@ L E+++ W(--) N+++ !o K+ w--- O++ !M V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP- t+@ 5+++ X R@ tv(-) b++ DI+ !D G++ e h+ !r y X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Lines: 21 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35468 >>>>> "Kinney" == Kinney Baughman <krb@xx.acs.appstate.edu> writes: Kinney> Instead of being an asker of questions, perhaps I can finally Kinney> contribute to this newsgroup: Kinney> I Installed Release 2.1.6-Release about 2 weeks ago, my first Kinney> FreeBSD system after 3 years on Linux. Kinney> After experiencing mucho difficulties getting Majordomo to Kinney> install, I discovered there are two versions of Perl in this Kinney> release. The one in "/usr/bin" appears to be an older Kinney> version, version 4.0 perhaps (and incompatible with Kinney> Majordomo). The one in "/usr/local/bin" is version 5.002 and Kinney> compatible. The one in /usr/local/bin isn't part of the basic install - you must have got that from an additional package. (I also installed 2.1.6, and I *don't* have a /usr/local/bin/perl, yet.) -- Andrew.