siddheshsawant has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

CPAN modules for SunOS 5.9 and Linux are same only or are they different?

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Re: @ CPAN modules compatibilty
by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 11, 2010 at 19:44 UTC

    What do you mean by that and what is the actual problem you're trying to solve?

    Solaris / SunOS and Linux are different operating systems, so modules that are written to work on Linux will likely only work on Linux. Most modules will likely work the same on both platforms. See also perlport.

Re: @ CPAN modules compatibilty
by rovf (Priest) on Mar 12, 2010 at 09:10 UTC
    It would be trivial to write a module which works on SunOS, but on Linux (just rely on some OS specific feature which is not available in Linux). Since there is no "CPAN police" catching those programmers who upload modules with this type of compatibility problems, and since the content of CPAN is always subject to change, your question is principally not answerable.

    OTOH, since nobody introduces such incompatibilities just for fun, chances are very high that a certain module works on both platforms.

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    Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>