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Re^3: modules and perl versionsby rkrieger (Friar) |
| on Feb 20, 2007 at 22:03 UTC ( #601220=note: print w/ replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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> I also have some production code that I could not afford to lose or have stop working. That is an understandable reason to delay upgrading. I do recommend you test whether your application will remain to work with an upgraded system. > I've *never* had to do the make - make-install - make-test stuff. This scares me!I can heartily recommend reading the documentation before venturing into stuff that scares you. That usually alleviates the scariness. CPAN is not that hard to deal with and is a great tool once you get the hang of it. In fact, it caters for an 'install $package' interface. My ActivePerl (v5.6.0, with MS Services for Unix) installation on Win32 is currently broken, so testing whether I can get CPAN going myself is currently somewhat problematic. Fixing it isn't too high a priority either, since I mostly use OpenBSD for my Perl work ;)
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