On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:39:38 +0200, Alexander Apprich <a.apprich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dave Cross wrote: > > > > 2/ Why isn't there a Perl 5.8.5 rpm that works with the FC2 release? > > Don't have much of an answer for you, but is there a reason not using > ActiveState's ActivePerl? > http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Linux/5.8/ActivePerl-5.8.4.810-i686-linux.tar.gz > > Havn't tried it myself on Linux (I develop with Perl on Windows), but > maybe it's worth a try... Well, it's 5.8.4 instead of 5.8.5 for a start :) If I was that concerned, I could just build Perl 5.8.5 from source. But that would also mean building my own mod_perl. And that's a can of worms that I'd like to keep firmly closed. I decided a year or so ago that wherever possible I'd stick with rpms supplied by my distribution. Generally that makes life much simpler. Dave...
