This is more a question about installing perl, rather than using it. Current environment is perl 5.005_3, a range of modules, Apache 1.3.12 / mod_perl 1.24, all on Solaris 2.6. All the stuff has been compiled under gcc 2.81. Now, I am about to get DBD::Informix installed, which says it needs to be compiled with a C compiler that accepts prototypes - gcc 2.95.2. Fine, I have that.

Question - will perl / Apache / whatever object if one module has been compiled under a later version of gcc? Will I have to reinstall perl, mod_perl, Apache, and other modules using gcc 2.95.2 to prevent major disaster?

Thanks, Maclir (Ken)

In reply to Compiling Perl under GCC by Maclir

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