Perl 5.6
Jose Marques
noway at nohow.demon.co.uk
Wed Sep 6 11:56:10 BST 2000
I've got to the point where I'll need to start using Perl 5.6 (for
compatibility between systems at work). Given that 4.1-STABLE has 5.005 I
was wondering what would be the best way to manage this. Some
possibilities that come to mind:
1) Install Perl 5.6 alongside the system Perl (e.g. in /usr/local). Is
this practical?
2) Add NOPERL=true to my make.conf and install 5.6 as my system Perl. I
guess this will break all the Perl ports but would it cause any other
problems?
3) Wait for 5.6 to be MFC'ed from 5.0-CURRENT. Anybody know if there are
plans to do this anytime soon?
Any suggestions/advice on the best method of using 5.6 on a 4.1 system
would be most welcome. Many thanks.
--
Jose Marques
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