Monks,

I am writing a script that uses IO::Poll, which is part of the Perl Standard Distribution (or whatever it's called). We are running Perl 5.6.1, and that's not about to change...

Okay, so now I find out that there is a Bug in the 5.6.1 version of IO::Poll (V0.05). I think the bug is fixed in V0.06, which ships with Perl 5.8.0. I have to stick with 5.6.1, but does that mean that I can't update any of the core modules if there is a bug? When I search cpan for IO::Poll, I get Perl 5.8.0, which, like I said, doesn't help me much.

O wise monks, does this mean I have to switch over to IO::Select ?! If not, please advise how I go about updating my 5.6.1 with the 5.8.0 version of IO::Poll

Thanks for your wisdom

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3dan

In reply to Installing a newer version of a core module by edan

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