From time to time (especially if Perl is jumping up a version) there are special FreeBSD update procedures that need to be performed to make all the modules happy again. You might ask the admin to look in their copies of /usr/src/UPDATING and /usr/ports/UPDATING for any Perl-specific incantations that they should be performing relative to whatever updates were done.

The last time I had to do anything like that, a script had been provided that did everything needed, it just needed to be called up and run by the admin.

Update: If your admin is tracking FreeBSD ports updates closely, the recent upgrade to Perl 5.8.8 specifically requires that the admin heed the wisdom of

man perl-after-upgrade

If used correctly perl-after-upgrade will harmonize Perl versions with Perl packages with everything else in FreeBSD's ports tree. It is not run automatically when upgrading the core Perl package because it may be destructive. For instance on my FreeBSD build server with lots of package dependencies I get:

---
Fixed 62 packages (1234 files moved, 8 files modified)
Skipped 201 packages

**** In addition, please pay attention to the following:
The /usr/X11R6/bin/gnomedb-fe binary would be modified, make sure it w
+orks
The /usr/local/sbin/snmpd binary would be modified, make sure it works
The /usr/local/sbin/snmptrapd binary would be modified, make sure it w
+orks

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In reply to Re: Problems after Perl was updated on FreeBSD. by madizen
in thread Problems after Perl was updated on FreeBSD. by techcode

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