in reply to Can/should I run an upgraded version of perl locally, on a shared web server where I don't have root?

Another option to consider is using PAR to build your Catalyst application locally, with your favourite version of perl (5.8.7), and uploading your scripts as an executable. This also avoids the hoster's module version dependency nightmare.

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