changing default perl

[Lawrence Velázquez]

On Nov 10, 2013, at 12:05 PM, Puneet Kishor <punk.kish at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sadly, I need to use something later than perl 5.12. If I can't use Macports perl, I would have to install a new version using Perlbrew (or some other mechanism). Is there anything I can do for now to get with using the Macports perl 5.18 rightaway?

You can install perl5.14, perl5.16, and perl5.18 whenever you'd like.

If you absolutely require perl5, you could create a local portfile repository[1] and apply the  +perl5_18 patch[2] yourself.

    [1] http://guide.macports.org/chunked/development.local-repositories.html
    [2] https://trac.macports.org/attachment/ticket/41160/perl5-Portfile.diff

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