Re: [gentoo-user] perl-5.20.1 - has anybody managed to upgrade Perl?

[Kerin Millar <kerframil@fastmail.co.uk>]

On 07/10/2014 09:31, Kerin Millar wrote:
> On 07/10/2014 09:13, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> dev-lang/perl-5.20.1 is in the tree (unmasked), but trying to upgrade
>> gives me lots of blocks requiring versions which are not
>> in the tree, yet, like
>>
>> [blocks B      ] <perl-core/Socket-2.13.0 ("<perl-core/Socket-2.13.0" is
>> blocking virtual/perl-Socket-2.13.0)
>>
>> Has anybody tried to upgrade to this version of Perl?
>
> Here is a generically applicable approach to handling upgrades in
> situations where a major dev-lang/perl update is queued.
>
> 1) emerge -auDN @world
> 2) If previous step fails: emerge -auDN --backtrack=30 @world
> 3) If previous step fails:
>     a) emerge --deselect $(qlist -IC 'perl-core/*')
>     b) Return to step #2
> 4) perl-cleaner -all
> 5) If previous step fails, follow the instructions in the error message
> 6) Re-select any perl modules that you may have explicitly requested
>
> The final step won't apply to you unless you a Perl hacker.

I meant to include the step of running emerge --depclean just after 
successfully concluding steps 4 or 5.

--Kerin