[rt-users] Perl 5.8

[Vivek Khera]

>>>>> "MM" == Mark Moorcroft <mmoorcroft at mail.arc.nasa.gov> writes:

MM> Upon running make fixdeps on my OSX Server box I find that it seems 
MM> to want to install a newer Perl than 5.6.0. The README would indicate 
MM> that 5.6.0 is supported and I'm hoping to avoid rebuilding Apache, 
MM> PHP, mod_perl and all the other damn modules. OSX puts things in 
MM> non-standard places, so this whole process becomes a nightmare once 
MM> Perl is updated by fixdeps (I already went down that road once and I 
MM> started over). Any comments??

First, update your CPAN module to the latest.  Then run the fixdeps.
It will not trample your 5.6 installation with anything newere without
explicit OK by you.  The CPAN module that comes with 5.6 is bad that
way.

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