RE: [cobalt-users] [Qube2] Perl 5.6 on mips

["Josh Miller" <joshlists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Vanecek
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 21:04
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Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [Qube2] Perl 5.6 on mips

>...
> The qube2 comes with Perl installed in /usr/lib/perl5/ {etc.}. The install
> instructions say the default is /usr/local/{bin, lib, man}. If the raq2
setup
> is the same, by using the prefix=/usr, you are installing over the
existing
> Perl directories. Uhm, dangerous indeed, especially when I do not have a
> non-production qube2 to zap (already done that once). In a couple of the
> message threads in the archive, it was suggested that replacing the old
> version of perl with a new one would zap the GUI?  Did you find that to be
the
> case?  Any reason you did not install the new Perl in a different
directory
> and just have two versions?

Yes, because I was able to test it on a non-production raq2 first, and had
no problems, so saw no reason to keep to copies and have the potential to
get confused as to what's using which version.

> I have egcs-2.90.27 installed. Have not had probs with other installs, but
> then ...

YMMV, but you can try it and if it doesn't compile, no harm done

>...
> Even if I put the perl libraries somewhere else, won't the binaries (perl,
> perldoc, and suidperl)
>...
> get overwritten?

I have no idea, but you could copy those to another directory and restore
them if it does, and you have problems.

-
Josh