 | | | perl upgrade problems | perl upgrade problems 2005-07-28 - By Benjamin Franz
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On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Madhavprasad Pai wrote:
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> This is because Red Hat invests time in providing a version of Perl that we
> can support over the lifetime of the RHEL product that you have bought. If
> your versions are not what Red Hat has supplied/updated, then you may run
> into support issues with Red Hat. So, keep the Perl version supplied by Red
> Hat, and update it *only* through RHN. And run your application through the
> Perl that you have compiled in /opt.
While I agree with your advice to build and install a private copy of Perl
to /opt, I have to take exception to the statement "This is because Red
Hat invests time in providing a version of Perl that we can support over
the lifetime of the RHEL product that you have bought."
The version of Perl, 5.8.0, in RHEL3 is horribly, irreperably, _broken_
for many reasons. It is a joke that it is supported 'over the lifetime of
the RHEL product' because it is essentially a trap for unwary people that
cannot be safely used in production for any but the most trivial of uses.
RH _should_ have ripped it out and replaced with a newer stable release.
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Benjamin Franz
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- Alan Kay
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