# from Austin Schutz
# on Tuesday 30 September 2008 16:54:

>I really appreciate the "real world" attitude.  I regularly have to
>deal with older perls supporting production installed software. I
>don't want to (or can't) upgrade it. 

Is your "it" a) "perl" or  b) "CPAN.pm"?  If one is not allowed to 
upgrade one's perl modules, I think that one cannot be helped with the 
upgrading of one's perl modules.

>I want the modules I use to "work", especially the variety of "work"
>that involves not barfing when I try to install it.

It is unfortunate that any new module on the CPAN is assumed to be the 
latest and greatest and yet the 3-or-4-year-old installer is assumed to 
be ok because that's what the OS shipped with or whatever?

  cpan CPAN

You can do that without needing to upgrade your perl.  Then you have 
configure_requires support and henceforth any brand-new thing which 
happens to be required during installation of the brand-new thing you 
want will be conveniently installed for you.

Of course it would be easier for you if we did that for you, but that 
has some complications so how's about you do it and tell your friends 
to do likewise?

Thanks,
Eric
-- 
"Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value."
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