At 12:57 pm +0100 15/1/04, Stephan Hochhaus wrote:
is the file /usr/bin/perl just a link to /usr/bin/perl5.8.1 and could therefore easily replaced by /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.2 (as an example)? Or would that break anything?
Provided you install the later version in Apple's default location, /usr/bin/perl will be overwritten with perl 5.8.2, 5.8.3 or whatever and will be identical to the latest installation. This is how things look in my directory:
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 987340 8 Jan 19:47 perl -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 987076 9 Nov 13:56 perl5.8.1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 21924 18 Nov 10:14 perl5.8.2 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 987340 8 Jan 19:47 perl5.8.3
I have upgraded always using the instructions here, opting always to replace the previous installation. Other people may have different preferences, but this has worked fine for me.
<http://developer.apple.com/internet/macosx/perl.html>
JD
