Getting an error while installing Perl5.32 on freebsd 13

[dpalme]

I have never had a problem setting up perl in the past but it is throwing an error while installing:

unknown keyword postexec: @postexec

I have tried to reset the config and reinstall but I get the same error.

This is a new install on a new box.

 

[Alain De Vos]

what's the output of :

freebsd-version -kru
pkg info | grep ^perl
pkg search perl | grep ^perl

 

[dpalme]

I am not sure what the deal was maybe a glitch when it was pulling the ports, but I was able to update the ports collection and that took care of the issue. Thanks for the response Alain.

 

[skunk]

It is a bug due to changes in pkg 1.17.
The ports collection, when installed from the installation media, is dysfunctional, as pkg fails to install stuff from that.
You need to delete/usr/src and recreate it, for example using portsnap.

 

[SirDice]

The ports collection, when installed from the installation media, is dysfunctional, as pkg fails to install stuff from that.

pkg(8) doesn't use the ports tree, at all.

You need to delete/usr/src and recreate it, for example using portsnap.

Ehm, don't you mean /usr/ports? portsnap(8) doesn't do anything with the source tree.

 

[skunk]

pkg(8) doesn't use the ports tree, at all.

Except when it gets to install a package built using ports.
E.g. make install breaks with pkg complaining of unknown keywords.
Then, if you use the 13.0-RELEASE installation image's ports tree install option without updating the ports tree afterwards, with some ports you'll get a lot of errors, if these use keywords that have been removed with pkg 1.17 (see also the Porters' Handbook, these keywords are marked there for deprecation/removal).
I have searched for my original PR, which I closed after I found out that removing the ports tree and reinstalling it with portsnap fixes the problem, but don't find it right now.

Ehm, don't you mean /usr/ports? portsnap(8) doesn't do anything with the source tree.

Oops yes. I am very distracted these days, difficult to concentrate.