> On 11/1/04 2:08 PM, in article 011120041308017432%comdog@panix.com,
> >> Are you using 5.8.1 that ships with the Dev tools package or have you gone
> >> to a newer version?
> > I'm using perl 5.8.4 which I compiled and installed myself.
> Any gotchas? Is it a straight configure, make, install?
Well, i did have to download it. After that, things were a
snap.
Of course, the fastest way to find out is to just try it
for yourself. :)

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Robert - 02 Nov 2004 15:56 GMT
> > On 11/1/04 2:08 PM, in article 011120041308017432%comdog@panix.com,
>
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> Of course, the fastest way to find out is to just try it
> for yourself. :)
And I shall! I haven't done a configure/make/make install in many a moon!
:-)
Robert
Robert Hicks - 02 Nov 2004 21:47 GMT
On 11/2/04 4:37 AM, in article 021120040337153333%comdog@panix.com,
>> On 11/1/04 2:08 PM, in article 011120041308017432%comdog@panix.com,
>
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> Of course, the fastest way to find out is to just try it
> for yourself. :)
Well my foray has been successful! Updated Perl, installed DBI, DBD-SQLite,
Template-Toolkit, LWP etc. etc. etc.
robert