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From: "Paul Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Also, there are quite a few win32 5.8.8 builds. Are they
all interchangeable enough that 5.8.8 is 5.8.8?
Yes, I think so. I haven't heard of any instances where a PAR::Packer built
using (eg) build 822 of ActivePerl (5.8.8) doesn't work on build 821 of
ActivePerl (also 5.8.8), or somesuch - but I don't know that it can be
guaranteed that such a situation could not arise. (Build 822 contains
patches that are not present in the earlier builds of perl 5.8.8, and if one
of those patches changes the symbols that are exported by perl58.dll, then
you can strike trouble. I suspect that patches that could change the
perl58.dll in that way are excluded by ActiveState ... but I don't know for
sure.)
Afaik, the only time you get problems is if PAR::Packer was built using perl
5.v.x, and you try to use that binary on perl 5.v.y (where v is 6 or 8, and
x != y).
Cheers,
Rob
