On 16/11/2004 @ 02:32 GMT, Ken Williams, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote:
>On Nov 16, 2004, at 3:47 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>
>> I need to step back a version in a module compliled from source (from
>> v.3.0 -> v.2.0).
>>
>> What's the best way to go about this (again compiling from source
>> rather than cpan)?
>
>* The best way to do this is to have a backup of the previous system
>with v.2.0 installed, and revert to the backup.
[snip excellent advice]
My bad. I explained things very poorly. I've mistakenly installed v.3.0 of a
module when the I should've installed v.2.0 (the particular script I'm trying
to run will not work with v.3.0). So I need to expunge/override 3.0 and get the
script to use v.2.0 which I haven't yet installed.
[...]
>Incidentally, using CPAN *is* compiling from source.
The reason I stipulated compiling from Makefile.PL rather than cpan is that the
module will not `make test' appropriately in cpan therefore I skip `make test'
and go straight to `sudo make install' using the makefile.
Regards,
Phil.
