[Chicago-talk] Stealth Perl Install and then the old swap-a-roo?

[Paul Baker]

jason gessner wrote:
> Hi All.
> 
> This is what I want to do and how I propose I do it:
> 
> Want:
> replace perl 5.6.1 on my redhat 7.2 box with 5.8.2

Just to troll. I would change steps 3-5 as so:

3. Install Debian Woody.
4. Configure apt pinning for debian unstable. See http://www.argon.org/~roderick/apt-pinning.html
5. apt-get -t unstable install perl

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Paul Baker