Re: need base64 utility in pure perl

redss,
...on a free webserver that features perl but no MIME::Base64 module...

This seems odd to me. MIME::Base64 has been a core module since 5.007003. Are you saying that they have intentionally removed the core modules or the perl is still of the 5.6.x variety? As has already been noted, there is a pure perl version available from CPAN

Cheers - L~R

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Re^2: need base64 utility in pure perl by redss (Monk) on Jan 19, 2006 at 16:26 UTC
Well apparently they've removed it, or maybe I just don't have access to that path. How can I tell which is the case? I do have a telnet account, but I dont have permission for many things like uname.. the perl version is v5.6.1... here is the output when I run the script: Can't locate MIME/Base64.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl 5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1/i386 -linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at ./foo.pl line 2.	[reply]
Re^3: need base64 utility in pure perl by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Jan 19, 2006 at 16:30 UTC
redss, In addition to many other improvements, the versioning scheme also changed after 5.6.x. 5.007003 is really 5.7.3 which is > than 5.6.1 so it was not yet included in the version running there. It is unfortunate you are apparently stuck with a Perl about 5 years old. Cheers - L~R	[reply]