Simplify procedure, removing a potentially dangerous instruction, by

ignoring 4.x.
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Ceri Davies 2008-02-03 22:05:37 +00:00
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<sect1>
<title>Basic Configuration</title>
<para>&os;&nbsp;4.X includes <command>perl</command> in the base
system, but we need the threaded <command>perl</command>.
Users of &os;&nbsp;5.X may start the process after reading the forthcoming
note.</para>
<para>We need to install the threaded <command>perl</command>.
Install <filename role="port">lang/perl5.8</filename>
with the <makevar>USE_THREADS=yes</makevar> variable
set. The current version of <command>perl</command>
may need to be removed first; errors will be reported
by the install process if this is necessary.</para>
<para>Remove the base <command>perl</command> and all
traces of <command>perl</command> from the system with
the following command:</para>
<!-- XXX This looks like too much; "Half of my home directory is
missing!" Won't use.perl do? -->
<screen>&prompt.root <userinput>find / -name '*perl*' | xargs rm -rf</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>This will require all ports which require
<command>perl</command> to be rebuilt and reinstalled;
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reinstalled.</para>
</note>
<para>Install <filename role="port">lang/perl5.8</filename>
with the <makevar>USE_THREADS=yes</makevar> variable
set. The current version of <command>perl</command>
may need to be removed first; errors will be reported
by the install process if this is necessary.</para>
<note>
<para>&os;&nbsp;4.X users will need to run the
<command>use.perl</command> command in the
<filename>work</filename> work directory. The
permissions may need to be altered to make the
file executable first, I just set it to 755
with <command>chmod</command>. From this point
on, all users of &os;&nbsp;4.X should uncomment the
<makevar>NOPERL</makevar> option in their local
<filename>make.conf</filename> file. Otherwise
the base <command>perl</command> will be reinstalled
during the next upgrade.</para>
</note>
<para>Now for the database server;
<application>MySQL</application> is perfect for this
sort of work. Install the