In /usr/ports/UPDATING, entry "20050201" lists a way to upgrade some of the Perl software ... 

portupgrade -f \
`
 ( pkg_info -R perl-5\* \
   | tail +4; \
   find /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.[68].[1245] -type f -print0 \
   | xargs -0 pkg_which -fv \
   | sed -e '/: ?/d' -e 's/.*: //' \
 ) \
 | sort -u
`

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... and adds that above "is likely to fail for a few ports, you'll have to upgrade them afterwards by hand". See also the "20050624" entry which mentions perl-after-upgrade, installed w/ Perl 5.8.7 port.

In reply to Re: Updating modules when updating Perl on BSD by parv
in thread Updating modules when updating Perl on BSD by samizdat

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