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Isn't BSD still based on Perl 5.005? The stable release of Perl is the 5.6 branch. Most Linux distros have made the move in step with Perl, but BSD is still behind if I'm not mistaken.

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Re: Which Perl version is BSD based on?
by LD2 (Curate) on Jul 22, 2001 at 03:51 UTC
    princepawn - BSD is a bit behind, but OpenBSD 2.7 will upgrade and include Perl 5.6... according to cpan - ports

    I'm doing something similar to you Maclair, but I've been playing with FreeBSD - the server has a firewall/DNS/sendmail/apache. It's pretty much perfect for what I'm doing. But, since you asked about linux distrib - I'd listen to the monks above. My own experiences with linux have been limited to RH.

    p.s. if you are interested in BSD (FreeBSD for that matter) - check out FreeBSD.org and The FreeBSD Diary - both are excellent resources.
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Re: Which Perl version is BSD based on?
by arhuman (Vicar) on Jul 22, 2001 at 20:18 UTC
    In fact OpenBSD 2.9 HAS UPGRADED and provides Perl 5.6.0 with 2 patches :
    • SUIDMAIL fixes for suidperl security
    • CHANGE6214 fixes a coredump in @DB::args

    This is not the latest version, but it's far from an old one...
    Anyway OpenBSD as a general rule prefer to use stable/secure versions rather than brand new ones (whatever the prog). It doesn't mean they use old versions,
    but rather versions that are known to be secure/stable (through experience/audit...)

    "Only Bad Coders Code Badly In Perl" (OBC2BIP)
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