Is there somewhere I can check to see if any of my currently installed perl modules will be adversely affected by a new patch?

They call those release notes or a Changes file. Perl calls it a perldelta (see also perldeltas)

I have no idea where redhat keeps their equivalent of release notes.

Or do I need to search out each module?

perldelta lists short summary of differences from the previous release ( p588-Modules_and_Pragmata), so yes, you would have to search out each module for a more detailed information.

Your vendor, redhat, might also adds extra modules, those won't be documented in perldelta.

Or do we have to break it to find it?

You should be running a comprehensive test suite of your software after each upgrade, its the only way to know if something breaks

In reply to Re: perl patches and CPAN module compatilbility by Anonymous Monk
in thread perl patches and CPAN module compatilbility by jbracey

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