In my "Wierd Things That Happen" experience, one should heed Keith's cautions and advice when attempting to upgrade Python. Do just as he says, except replace Perl with Python.
-- Pat On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 07:39:26PM -0700, Michael C. Robinson wrote: > > It goes without saying, Perl-5.8.8 is long in the tooth. If you > > download Perl 5 these days, the current version is 5.12.1 and > > Leave the system Perl alone ( /usr/bin/perl ). Especially the > redhat version, they messed it up to match their expectations. > Let rpm upgrades take care of any "improvements" added by > redhat to that, but otherwise keep the cotton-pickin hands off, > or Wierd Things Will Happen. > > For everything else, install the Perl of your dreams in > /usr/local/bin/perl , and modify any scripts that are hardcoded > to /usr/bin/perl that you want to use it. Since binaries in > /usr/local/bin are used in preference to /usr/bin , many scripts > will use the local version. > > Besides keeping all the redhat perl scripts working, this also > leaves you with a version of perl on the system that may be bent > but is unlikely to get broken. > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 > KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" > Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- [email protected] www.timlick.com 503-476-3119 10990 NE Paren Springs Rd. Dundee OR 97115 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
