Re^2: installing Perl 5.10 on Debian

Hmm, with all the testing I would think that 5.10 would not break anything!

It looks like ActiveState's deb package will install under /opt. So, I guess I control which Perl gets used via the PATH variable? I'm specifically interested in mod_perl and CGI under Apache.

—John

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Re^3: installing Perl 5.10 on Debian by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 11, 2008 at 21:27 UTC
I'm not sure what you mean by "With all the testing". If (for example) the Debian stock perl comes with some XS extensions, the new Perl 5.10 won't pick up these, now matter how much testing. Likewise, custom patches that Debian applies to Perl for magic locations etc. If you want to use a Perl version for mod_perl, you need to compile mod_perl with/for the appropriate version. You should be expicit about which Perl your scripts use with the hashbang line and by using absolute paths.</c>	[reply]

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Re^3: installing Perl 5.10 on Debian
by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 11, 2008 at 21:27 UTC

I'm not sure what you mean by "With all the testing". If (for example) the Debian stock perl comes with some XS extensions, the new Perl 5.10 won't pick up these, now matter how much testing. Likewise, custom patches that Debian applies to Perl for magic locations etc.

If you want to use a Perl version for mod_perl, you need to compile mod_perl with/for the appropriate version. You should be expicit about which Perl your scripts use with the hashbang line and by using absolute paths.</c>

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