On Thu, Aug 05, 2004, Alexander Belck wrote: >I donīt understand your point (or expirience). > >For me, perl is just a interpretated programing languagues that is developed >independent of RH, Suse,Conectiva...
It's all that, but perl is also deeply dependent on the development environment in which it was built including the version of gcc, libraries, etc. In addition, vendors such as Red Hat often have use perl extensively in their system maintenance scripts, many of which may use CPAN modules built on their particular implementation. It can be a major PITA to update individual CPAN modules, particularly where they might not have maintained backwards compatibility. >I whant to run ISPman, that use LDAP to hold ISP data and perl to mantain that >information. This project doesnīt presume that perl comes from distr A, B or C >(and I think that noone should do a propram in any language presuming that the >interpreter/compiler has been bundled by A, B or C). > >I thought that being able to use the most up to date version of perl should >avoid bug or security problems corrected in newer versions (while correct >scripts should further run as the language syntax and standarts should not >change). Yes, but it can also break existing scripts that depend on older versions of perl. You're far better off to leave the original perl alone, letting existing scripts use the version they expect. New things like ISPman can be built under the OpenPKG system where they will use the most current versions built in a consistent environment (not of of Red Hat's strong suits :-). Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``I don't make jokes, I just watch the Government and report the facts...'' Will Rogers ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org User Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
