Perl 5.8

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Upon running make fixdeps on my OSX Server box I find that it seems
to want to install a newer Perl than 5.6.0. The README would indicate
that 5.6.0 is supported and I’m hoping to avoid rebuilding Apache,
PHP, mod_perl and all the other damn modules. OSX puts things in
non-standard places, so this whole process becomes a nightmare once
Perl is updated by fixdeps (I already went down that road once and I
started over). Any comments??

–MM

Mark Moorcroft
ELORET Corp.
650-604-4784 (32)
mailto:mmoorcroft@mail.arc.nasa.gov

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Mark Moorcroft wrote:

Upon running make fixdeps on my OSX Server box I find that it seems to
want to install a newer Perl than 5.6.0.

I’m guessing here, but I think this could be because the CPAN module has
noticed that the most-recently released version of a module it needs is
in the Perl 5.8 distribution. The was a flurry of this kind of thing
shortly after 5.8’s release.

I believe this resulted in CPAN being upgraded; try upgrading to the
latest CPAN first then trying again.

Smylers
GBdirect

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“MM” == Mark Moorcroft mmoorcroft@mail.arc.nasa.gov writes:

MM> Upon running make fixdeps on my OSX Server box I find that it seems
MM> to want to install a newer Perl than 5.6.0. The README would indicate
MM> that 5.6.0 is supported and I’m hoping to avoid rebuilding Apache,
MM> PHP, mod_perl and all the other damn modules. OSX puts things in
MM> non-standard places, so this whole process becomes a nightmare once
MM> Perl is updated by fixdeps (I already went down that road once and I
MM> started over). Any comments??

First, update your CPAN module to the latest. Then run the fixdeps.
It will not trample your 5.6 installation with anything newere without
explicit OK by you. The CPAN module that comes with 5.6 is bad that
way.

Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc.
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