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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