At 12:36 PM 2/12/2001 -0500, Ed James, 410-295-1919,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Dan,
>
>Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:21:43 -0500 in
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > At 09:45 AM 2/12/2001 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > (nb: if final 5.6.1 (trial-infinite :-) shows up in time to permit me
> > > to kit and
> > > test the PCSI installation before I have to ship the Freeware V5.0
> > > CD-ROM to
> > > manufacturing, I'll use that version. Else, it goes to the website
> and
> > > it waits
> > > for Freeware V5.1...)
> >
> > As long as you build 5.6.1-T2 so that the final version of 5.6.1 can just
> > drop in on top of it... (Set the logical PERLSHR_USE_GSMATCH to
> > "INCLUDE_COMPILE_OPTIONS" for that)
>
>Would you please elaborate on "just drop on top"?
If you build perl with the PERLSHR_USE_GSMATCH logical set, perl sets the
image ID for the perlshr shared image. That means that if you build another
perl (either the same version or a newer one) that has the same options,
you can drop it in without rebuilding your extensions.
>Is this something we can use to save work when there is finally a
>5.6.1-(stable) ?
Yes.
>How close to "production" and/or "stable" is 5.6.1?
Pretty close, I think. There are some lingering issues with 64-bit perl
(which seem to only crop up on VMS, and I've not had time to track them
down) and Alan Burlison is tracking down lots of memory leaks that showed
up in perl 5.005 or later.
Dan
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