Re^4: version change on solaris

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Re^5: version change on solaris by johngg (Canon) on Mar 15, 2011 at 15:09 UTC
... for my knowledge would it be possible to downgrade the perl version. can you please just let me know whether that option is there. I very much doubt that downgrading is a viable option. There is a high probability that, in installing 5.8.0 over the top of 5.8.4, you would end up with a broken Perl installation. I'm not sure that there is any other way of doing a "downgrade" of version. Because Solaris depends to quite a degree on Perl scripts that are now distributed as part of the o/s there's a good chance that you will also end up with a compromised Solaris installation. If you really must run 5.8.0 the safest policy would be to build and install it in a separate directory from the supplied 5.8.4 so that the two do not clash. However, I would strongly advise that the effort to build 5.8.0 would be much better devoted to testing your scripts under 5.8.4 and ironing out any wrinkles. Cheers, JohnGG	[reply]

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Re^5: version change on solaris
by johngg (Canon) on Mar 15, 2011 at 15:09 UTC

... for my knowledge would it be possible to downgrade the perl version. can you please just let me know whether that option is there.

I very much doubt that downgrading is a viable option. There is a high probability that, in installing 5.8.0 over the top of 5.8.4, you would end up with a broken Perl installation. I'm not sure that there is any other way of doing a "downgrade" of version. Because Solaris depends to quite a degree on Perl scripts that are now distributed as part of the o/s there's a good chance that you will also end up with a compromised Solaris installation.

If you really must run 5.8.0 the safest policy would be to build and install it in a separate directory from the supplied 5.8.4 so that the two do not clash. However, I would strongly advise that the effort to build 5.8.0 would be much better devoted to testing your scripts under 5.8.4 and ironing out any wrinkles.

Cheers,

JohnGG

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