John, I have already been through this process with CentOS 5.2 (RHES 5.2) with the same goal in mind, to avoid messing with the packaged perl.
My system is currently running as follows: CentOS 5.2 Perl 5.8.10 Apache 2.2.10 mod_perl 2.0.4 My solution was to: Install Perl 5.8.10 from src using default install path (/usr/local/) Make sure /usr/local/bin/perl showed up in $PATH before /usr/bin/perl Note: From this point all perl activities effect the 5.8.10 install since it's binaries come first in the path. Install mod_perl Install RT required modules via cpan Install RT This is much cleaner than my previous install under CentOS 4.x in which I attempted to maintain the packaged perl installation via cpan and force the OS not to update it via yum/up2date. With the new config the 'system perl' installation is untouched except for when system updates are applied, none of which would effect the RT installation stack. Todd _______________________________________________ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
