Re: [cobalt-users] Perl 5.6 on RAQ3

["Zeffie" <Zeffie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Perhaps you can install Perl 5.6 to a non-standard location (after
backing
> > up your current install of Perl, of course).  The top line of a
> > Perl script
> > specifies the path to Perl so if you install a second copy of Perl that
> > doesn't overwrite your current copy it won't affect any Cobalt scripts
or
> > the GUI.  You'll just have to change the path at the top of the
> > scripts that
> > you want to run Perl 5.6.  And though I haven't attempted this
> > yet (haven't
> > needed to) I believe other list members have.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Werby
>
> Hi - thanks everyone for the advice - so if I:
>
> perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/path_to_my_new_perl
>
> that should compile it into the alternative location ?
>
> I should be ok as long as I also refer to that path in the shebang (what a
> name :-) ?
>
> (and I will backup my perl libs !)
>

    the perl tarball automaticly installs with /usr/local as the prefix....
instead of the cobalt /usr....  and I wouldn't advise the no questions
install as it will link up /usr/bin/perl and there are a few things to say
no too... and a few to maybe say yes to like vfork as the coblats fork has
been said to be bad and this might fix that problem.....


Zeffie
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