Re: annoying upgrade issue

i really don't want to try and catalog the modules i've already installed and re-install them ....

Believe it or not, you actually want to. Anytime you upgrade ANYTHING that can affect a C library, you will want to reinstall every single Perl module. For one thing, XS compatability between Perl 5.0x and 5.6.x isn't guaranteed, nor between 5.6.x and 5.8.x. So, CGI installed for 5.005_3 will NOT work with Perl 5.8.1, for example.

Additionally, if you upgraded the kernel, you may have to upgrade or recompile dependent C libraries, which means you need to upgrade or recompile dependent Perl modules. (For example, if you upgrade libopenssl, you should reinstall Net::SSH.)

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Re^2: annoying upgrade issue by Anonymous Monk on Jul 07, 2004 at 16:56 UTC
Just a reminder, but 5.8.1 won't work with any other 5.8.x because binary compatibility was broken in that version.	[reply]