Just recently I installed a linux based firewall product with a Perl/CGI GUI. Now, once I looked under the hood, I nearly had a heartattack. Basically it runs perl 5.005_03 on there 2 week old release. When I asked on their mailing list when they'd get a newer release (I didnt ask for the latest tho), I started a whole discussion, which eventually ended in something like "NEVER". They questioned why you'd need a new version, when the code they have runs fine on 5.005_03, why tempt fate? I'm sure we've had this all before and I don't (read DONT) want to start a flamewar here but

What are valid reasons to keep updated version of perl on a mission critical box (such as a firewall)?

Greetz
Beatnik
...Perl is like sex: if you're doing it wrong, there's no fun to it.

In reply to Why update perl? by Beatnik

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