[rochester-pm-list] Script won't run on Perl Version 4 :-(

[Brian Mathis]

On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Charles Rishel wrote:
> Thanks for the advice,
> I would prefer the upgrade to Perl V5, but we have our Web-site hosted 'out of house' and do not have root priviledge.  I will go with the 
> replacement you suggest and ask the server admin to upgrade the system to Perl V5.
> Thanks again,
> Charles Rishel

If they won't upgrade it, get a new ISP.  Really.  Usually a refusal to
perform a relatively simple task like installing Perl 5 is an indication
that the ISP doesn't really know what they're doing.  ISPs are a dime 
a dozen, and there are plenty out there that do know what they're doing.

Of course, they might actually have perl 5 on there, possibly named
'perl5', not 'perl'.

Another indication is if they won't give you telnet access to a UNIX
server, under the guise that "it's a security problem".  It really isn't a
security problem, unless, of course, they have not set things up
correctly.

-- 
Brian Mathis
Direct Edge
http://www.directedge.com

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