Re: Perl 5.8 on Debian

BTW, you don't need to switch the entire server to testing (or unstable); you can just upgrade perl. Try

[sudo or whatever] apt-get install perl/testing
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Re^2: Perl 5.8 on Debian by Joost (Canon) on Apr 06, 2005 at 11:49 UTC
For a production server, I would probably go with this option, or install a seperate perl in /usr/local. FYI, for development, I have perl/testing and a custom perl build in /usr/local with DEBUGGING switched on. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^2: Perl 5.8 on Debian by crouchingpenguin (Priest) on Apr 06, 2005 at 12:33 UTC
Or even `apt-get build-dep --compile perl && apt-get source --compile perl` [download] with `deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main or deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main` [download] cp ---- "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic."	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Perl 5.8 on Debian by crenz (Priest) on Apr 06, 2005 at 13:00 UTC
Thanks, that sounds like a viable option. That way, I can install perl, Apache and mod_perl from testing. Of course, there are still some security issues, but at least I only have a few packages to watch, not a whole system.	[reply]
Re^2: Perl 5.8 on Debian by gam3 (Curate) on Apr 07, 2005 at 12:58 UTC
You might find this page on Using APT with more than 2 sources helpful. -- gam3 A picture is worth a thousand words, but takes 200K.	[reply]


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