On Nov 2, 2004, at 4:39 PM, John Horner wrote:
Can someone "disambiguate" this article for me please?
http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/perl.html
Ignore it. It was written for versions of Perl that are no longer relevant.
Or instead, point me to another one?
Read the instructions that come with Perl - readme.macosx.
I can't be 100% sure what he's telling me to do if I want the new Perl to know about the existence of all the modules I installed with the old Perl.
What you want is not possible. Modules that were installed under 5.6.x are *not* compatible with 5.8.x.
Build and install the new Perl using the default layout. This will install everything under /usr/local. Remove /usr/bin/perl and replace it with a symbolic link to /usr/local/bin/perl.
I'm guessing I could go ahead with the default and put a "use lib /path/to/whatever/" in all my old scripts but who wants to do that?
No one who wants working scripts wants to do that.
Anyone who can give me a "for dummies" on exactly how I should edit that "hints/darwin.sh" file so that, after installing, all the modules I installed for the old Perl are found by the new one, TIA.
You don't want them to be found by the new one, because they won't work with it. Once you've installed your new Perl, install the modules you need.
sherm--
