>
> I've written a set of perl scripts that use DBI/DBD. Now, I need to
> install the scripts in a number of boxes (15-20).. Now, from the DBI/DBD
> README files, it looks like I have to build the binaries on every
> box.. (the boxes doen't have gcc installed by default) which is
> guaranteed to be a pain in the arze.
>
> Question is, can I just build the DBI/DBD binaries, and just copy the .pm
> (and dependecies) files to the other boxes? I guess, what I really need
> is a binary distribution of DBI, and DBD::Informix. Any thoughts?
>
in theory that should work.
as long as you have the same binary format(ELF what linux does not use ELF
these days?), libraries(shared libraries), perl version.
hmmm. maybe even copying the entire /usr/lib/perl/ directory from machine
to machine would work. i do not see any reason why not.
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