Kurt Starsinic on Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:25:23 -0500 (EST) |
Rebecca Ore wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 12:07:28AM -0500, Eugene Sotirescu wrote: > > RH users who try to upgrade their Perl should t(h)read lightly: > > > > The perl-5.005_02-1.i386.rpm has been compiled with threads enabled which causes > > all kinds of unexpected behavior. Stay away from it unless you really want > > experimental stuff. 5.005_02 is not a very good version. I recommend 5.005_54 (available now) or 5.005_03 (any day now); or, if you don't need threads, the integrated compiler, or Java support, just back up to 5.004_05. > I had to compile perl to get vile to compile with perl modules. The > neat thing about compiling perl is that it installed right over the rpm > in /usr/bin. The somewhat less neat thing about compiling perl is that > the configuration is about half of what a kernel configuration is. Make > sure you know which compiler you're using. You should be able to type `Configure -des' and let it go at that; you won't need to know a darn thing about your system. If you don't happen to have a C compiler named `cc', then it gets more complicated: `Configure -des -Dcc=gcc', for example. ;^) > The defaults, other than that, can be accepted as is for the most part, > though. And my earlier Perl baby steps programs didn't break. > > Vile won't compile with the Perl that comes with RedHat-5.1, either. > > If you like playing with vi clones, I've got a small collection of vile > toys and a .vilerc that gives a nice interface. vim rules. Peace, * Kurt Starsinic (kstar@isinet.com) ------------------ Technical Specialist * | ``And you can believe me, because I never lie, and I'm always right.'' | | -- Firesign Theatre | Institute for Scientific Information http://www.isinet.com/ -- To unsubscribe, send a message with the word 'unsubscribe' in the subject or body of your message to plug-request@lists.nothinbut.net
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