in reply to Smooth perl upgrades

I've never had a "seamless" upgrade, but when I upgrade perl I rename it to its version. eg. perl560 and perl586. /usr/bin/perl is then a symlink to the latest version I have installed. The lib paths are different, so other than security module updates, typically you will only have to update the latest version's libraries. Legacy apps don't tend to need new libraries installed.

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Re^2: Smooth perl upgrades
by sauoq (Abbot) on Dec 15, 2004 at 20:31 UTC
    The lib paths are different, so other than security module updates, typically you will only have to update the latest version's libraries.

    Your use of the word "only" suggests that this is a minor task. It often isn't minor at all, particularly if you have scripts laying around which rely variously on any of hundreds of CPAN modules.

    -sauoq
    "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";