On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Richard Jolly wrote: > Why is it such a bad idea to replace Apple's 5.6? I could reinstall > 10.2 just to revert that, I guess. Would it be worth it?
Dunno, maybe. If nothing is acting funny then you can leave it alone, but a lot of system components (cron jobs, system commands, etc) are written against the built in version of Perl, and damaging that can lead to errors with your system overall. It's possible to replace the default Perl, but convention wisdom seems to be that it's better to avoid messing with the system version, and put upgrades in /usr/local, /opt, /sw, etc. -- Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Q: What do Winnie the Pooh and John the Baptist have in common? A: The same middle name.
