Hi there, On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, John Michael wrote:
> I wanted to update my apache and mod-perl install. Hmmmm. I take it you had a good reason for doing this? > I stated to do it and [snip] > usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1 > I already have a version in > usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 > > Did it automatically try to update my version? Yes. Don't worry, 5.6.1 is better than 5.6.0 - a lot better. But if you get the latest version of CPAN.pm it won't do that any more. > When I run perl -MCPAN -e shell it is being run from the 5.6.1 > version at usr/local and therefore does not find any of the other > modules I already have installed. It might be best to install the latest CPAN.pm and use that to install everything you need again. It won't take long and you will know then that the installation is reliable. Then grab the source tarballs and rebuild Apache and modperl from scratch, recompiling as per the instructions in the Guide <http://perl.apache.org/guide>. You don't say waht versions of Apache and mod_perl you were using, so I don't know how much configuration work will be necessary. > Can I just delete the 5.6.1 version off of my server? Don't do that. > How do I get the 5.6.0 version of cpan to run and the server to recognize this? There is no version 5.6.0 of CPAN.pm, my versions are around 1.58/1.59 depending on the machine. It's a Perl module which can run with a number of different versions of Perl. I use Perl versions 5.005_03 and 5.7.0, I had trouble with 5.6.0 and started using 5.7.0 for that reason. 5.6.0 wasn't out when I grabbed 5.7.0, but I've had no real troubles with 5.7.0 even on fairly big systems. > Also, I am running a mod-perl server and have many scripts running under it. > How does the server know which version to use? That's set when you compile mod_perl. Read the Guide and the Eagle Book ("Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C", ISBN 1-56592-567-X). > Am I going to have some problems? Only if you don't stop and think about what you're doing.
