RE: [cobalt-users] Upgrading Perl

["Josh Miller" <joshlists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know of a package or mips RPM, but you can do it manually...
I've done this and had no problems

I used http://www.cpan.org/src/stable.tar.gz which is currently 5.6 and
instead of the suggested "sh Configure -de" I used "sh
Configure -deDprefix=/usr". This chooses all the defaults, except for
placing perl in /usr/local.

I did have the egcs from ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/experimental installed
when I first tried this and the compile failed miserably. Downgrading to the
version originally supplied with the raq2 fixed this.

I'm pretty sure this *will* void your warranty (but what wont?) and this
will overwrite the version of perl currently installed. If you don't want to
do that, don't configure perl with Dprefix=/usr.

-
Josh


-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ASU Service
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 09:42
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] Upgrading Perl


Hi Everyone,
I have a need to upgrade perl on my RAQ2 to 5.06 but do not see a upgrade
package or RPM on Cobalt's download site. Does anyone know IF this is there
& I'm blind OR does anyone know a trick to doing the upgrade without
recompiling all the modules as the install docs line out?

Thanks In Advance!!!

Best Regards,
Mike Allton
ASU Service
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