0On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 06:12, Dave Cross wrote:
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.
Alexander,
In the interest of stability of my system I agree with Dave.
So do I. :-)
Why would you need the few changes between 5.4.3 and 5.8.4 to require the long (and as you found, hellish) manual update to the bleeding edge.
That's what I said, too. As long as the installed version meets your requirements, stay with it. Other than that use well tested packages for a productive system.
Don't get me wrong, but it was Dave's question about perl 5.8.5 for FC2. Not mine. I know very well what it means developing software with a language a customer allways want the newest version because it has soooo many bugfixes and improvment... ;-)
If you are developing, as you say, then it makes sense to stick with a level of the language that you KNOW everyone using your app will have access to. Otherwise, you are developing something that can only be used by a select few. (Those who are on the bleeding edge.)
I agree on that, too. Again, I didn't make Dave upgrade to 5.8.5. ;-)
% apprich@kidd apprich $ perl -v
% This is perl, v5.6.1 built for i686-linux
% Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall
Later
Alex
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