[rt-users] RHEL3 (perl 5.8.0) UTF-8 Problems..

[Nathan Ward]

On 23/09/2004, at 10:27 AM, Guy B. Purcell wrote:

>
> On Sep 22, 2004, at 13:34, Les Mikesell wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 15:10, Guy B. Purcell wrote:
>>>>> I didn't look at your debugging output but Perl 5.8.0 is buggy for
>>>>> RT.  You need at least 5.8.3.
>>>>
>>>> In that case then, does anyone have any tips on deploying a second
>>>> perl/(mod_perl|fastcgi) installation, which doesn't walk all over 
>>>> the
>>>> one provided by distribution_x?
>>>
>>> Actually, Nathan, you'll need to log onto RHN and have a look at what
>>> RH has patched their Perl with.
>>
>> It's probably easier to do a tarball install of perl somewhere
>> under /usr/local (probably the default) and use it with fastcgi.
>
> Could very well be, but then why bother using RHEL in the first place, 
> if you're going to go around stuff they supply?  My point was that 
> Nathan may not even need a "newer" Perl because RH may have fixed the 
> relevant bugs in their idea of 5.8.0.  My preference is still to avoid 
> RHEL for RT because it's a pain either to deal with the strict version 
> requirements for all the various mods, or to work around them.

Yes, it appears that the relevant bugs have been fixed, and RT is now 
running perfectly (AFACT) with the RHEL supplied Perl.

FWIW, we run RHEL3 exclusively, so supporting a second OS is something 
I'd like to avoid if possible. Not that it matters anymore. :-)

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Nathan Ward