Upgrading Perl on FreeBSD...

No its built into the tree for FreeBSD-CURRENT, Perl 5.8.2.

Sorry for the wide distribution, but it is critical that -CURRENT users
hear this. Two _MAJOR_ changes just went in to the ports tree that are
bound to cause some pain to -CURRENT users.

The first is the change in default threading libraries. The ports
system now uses -lpthread when linking ports instead of -lc_r. Binaries
that wind up with both libc_r and libpthread in them will cause
problems. In that case, it is imperative that you report this to the
port's maintainer ASAP. You can use pkg_info -W /path/to/binary to
determine which port installed it.

Second, Perl 5.8.2 is now the default version of Perl in -CURRENT since
the 5.2 split. This replaces Perl 5.6.1 as the default. Note: Perl
5.00503 is still the default version of Perl in the 4.X base OS.

If you experience problems with any of these changes (or with the other
recent changes listed in /usr/ports/CHANGES), please report them on the
ports@ list and to the appropriate maintainers as soon as possible.
Thanks.

Joe
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Which version of FreeBSD are you on? Well because i know FreeBSD 4.x you can choose any version of Perl you want and i don't see FreeBSD forcing you to use any certain version of Perl on FreeBSD 5.x if so then they need to change that because that would suck. I am not going to 5.x in tell it is stable, because i believe in offer the best service as possible to my customers.
 
Second, Perl 5.8.2 is now the default version of Perl in -CURRENT since
the 5.2 split. This replaces Perl 5.6.1 as the default. Note: Perl
5.00503 is still the default version of Perl in the 4.X base OS.
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I have a 5.2.1-RC2 box that we are testing with. When 5.3 is out you will have perl 5.8.2 installed by default. It is not saying that you HAVE to use it but I am sure that you will cause all kinds of problems in the long run if you try to downgrade...
 
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