Re^4: Customary Perl setup on Apple Mac OS X?

I'm timid about messing with my mac's system files, so I've "opted" for a local, non-root install of my cpan library. I'd like to update to 5.10 however. Is there no reason to be concerned about symlinking to a local perl install? What is the best alternative to a symlink?

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Re^5: Customary Perl setup on Apple Mac OS X? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Aug 05, 2008 at 06:43 UTC
If you don't link to the other perl you just have to call it from your scripts instead so- `#!/usr/bin/perl` becomes- `#!/usr/local/bin/perl` `moo@cow[58]~>/usr/local/bin/perl -v This is perl, v5.10.0 built for darwin-2level...` [download] Or /opt/ or wherever you put it. I think. If I'm wrong someone will likely correct me. In the sysadmins and masochists I mentioned before, I'm pretty solidly in the second set. :)	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^5: Customary Perl setup on Apple Mac OS X?
by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Aug 05, 2008 at 06:43 UTC

If you don't link to the other perl you just have to call it from your scripts instead so-

#!/usr/bin/perl

becomes-

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

moo@cow[58]~>/usr/local/bin/perl -v

This is perl, v5.10.0 built for darwin-2level...
[download]

Or /opt/ or wherever you put it. I think. If I'm wrong someone will likely correct me. In the sysadmins and masochists I mentioned before, I'm pretty solidly in the second set. :)

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