Ok. Does this mean that the Perl560-core that I have installed is a
relic of my Jaguar days and that I can safely remove it?
Thanks.
P
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"...who search the reason of things
Are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves."
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On Sep 22, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Adrian Simmons wrote:
Mark Moorcroft wrote:
Can someone point me at a brief synopsis of the pitfalls of
installing the
Fink perl 5.8.4 on Panther?
My personal experience has been fine - though of course fink installs
it's perl in /sw rather than replacing the Apple installed version.
My experience in the past has been that perl is
so married to the OS it was never worth the headache of upgrading.
You wouldn't really be upgrading, just installing a second version...
Are most things going to
keep right on using the old perl
Yes.
and if so is it even worth it?
Is there something you want to install that needs a more recent
version?
Is CPAN a better way to accomplish the upgrade?
No, i think you're right, it's best not to meddle with the Apple
installed perl, because it is tied into the OS.
I've used CPAN from within Fink's perl 5.8.4 distribution, and had a
few problems actually installing modules (some files being installed
in the wrong place), but nothing that wasn't surmountable. In
particular I currently run Spamassassin installed in this way.
I'm no perl expert, YMMV.
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