Re^2: v5.12.1 installed via CPAN

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. I needed POSIX for a script. Not knowing that it comes with the default install, I opened up CPAN and typed 'install POSIX'. CPAN informed me that it couldn't do so because POSIX is only available for version v5.12.1, and suggested that I install v5.12.1. I had allowed it to auto-accept the defaults, so it went on with downloading and installing while I wasn't looking.

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Re^3: v5.12.1 installed via CPAN by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Jun 09, 2010 at 23:54 UTC
Just out of curiosity, I tried 'install POSIX'. I'm using 5.8.8, so it came back at me with I'll build that only if you ask for something like force install POSIX or install J/JE/JESSE/perl-5.12.1.tar.gz If you didn't enter "force install", it shouldn't have installed it. You can check to see what perl your system is using with `perl -v`. If the install didn't delete your Policies, then the old perl should come up.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: v5.12.1 installed via CPAN
by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Jun 09, 2010 at 23:54 UTC

I'll build that only if you ask for something like
force install POSIX
or
install J/JE/JESSE/perl-5.12.1.tar.gz

perl -v

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