Re^2: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl (Version bug?)

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Re^3: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl (Version bug?) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 30, 2009 at 11:53 UTC
It appears that installing 5.10.1 (x64) over an existing 5.10.0 (using the msi) does not work correctly, leaving various bits of the 5.10.0 install unreplaced. Bizarely, this includes `/perl64/lib/CORE/perl.h`? I could perhaps understand conflicts with in-use binaries, but not source files? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP PCW It is as I've been saying!(Audio until 20090817)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl (Version bug?) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 29, 2009 at 01:27 UTC
I installed over 1004. (Also, I'm on Vista64 if that would make any difference?) I noticed this when I was checking the install had completed successfully, and initially thought that it had failed when I saw the subversion=0. Then I noticed the 1006 further down. I made a half-hearted attempt to work out where the values used at the top came from and found that patchlevel.h contains both sets of version info. One for the actual version, and one for the binary compatibility. But I couldn't see how they could be getting mixed up? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP PCW It is as I've been saying!(Audio until 20090817)	[reply]