Ravi, I just upgraded from 5.6 to 5.8.0, and I can tell you I am VERY happy that I left both perl installs intact, because it allowed me to compare the operation of my code under each version. If there was a difference in how my code worked, it was due to a change in the Perl version or my installation of it. Fortunately I had a robust set of test cases to help me track down any changes.
While I can't speak specifically about the differences between 5.005 and 5.6, I would very much want to leave 5.005 in place until I was satisfied that 5.6 was installed and working. During the transition, you could have one login with the environment (PERL5LIB, PATH etc) set to use the old Perl and a different login that uses the new. Or somthing like that. At 08:51 AM 2/2/04 -0800, Ravi Malghan wrote: >Hello: I have perl 5.005_03 on solaris 2.8 which was >installed with the OS. I would like to upgrade it to >5.6. Should I pkgrm the existing perl before I install >the new perl ? or is there any other recommended way >to upgrade. > >Thanks >Ravi > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! >http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ><http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
