It's absolutely safe. When I was using CentOS systems, I always kept /usr/bin/perl untouched, and installed additional version in /usr/local/ for development . I never messed up anything with the system perl.
R. On 2/1/12 9:22 AM, Assaf Gordon wrote: > Hello, > > Long ago there was a thread about "which perl version are you using in > production". > Up until yesterday I was content with 5.8.8 (because that's the stable > package version on CentOS 5.7). > > Now I need to use a module that requires perl 5.10. > If I'm upgrading, I might as well upgrade to 5.14.2. > > My question is: > How safe is it to install it from source on CentOS 5.7 to "/usr/local" ? > Or should I install it to a private directory (e.g. $HOME/localperl) - but > that would require messing up with the $PATH variable everywhere... > > Has anyone had experience with upgrading perl on a stable CentOS system ? > > Feedback welcomed, > -Assaf. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Perl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl > _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list [email protected] http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
