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Re: Perl 5.6 recompiles?



On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 08:16:42PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:

> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > At what point should we start recompiling Perl module packages against Perl
> > 5.6?  Those compiled against 5.005 seem to continue to work; will 5.6-compiled
> > versions work with 5.005 as well?
> 
> No, they will not. (Well, they probably will, but you'd have to hack them to
> install the files in /usr/lib/perl5/5..005/<arch>-linux/) or hack perl
> 5.005's @INC.
>
> It'd be nice to have all binary modules using the new directory by
> release time, but I see no particular urgency.

So the only problem is the directory structure?  perl-5.6 currently searches
both the 5.005 and 5.6 directories; couldn't 5.005 be changed to search both as
well?  Then all packages could be moved without breakage, and 5.005 eventually
phased out.

-- 
 - mdz



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