SPUG: when is 5.10 not > 5.8?

jerry gay jerry.gay at gmail.com
Tue Jan 15 13:08:32 PST 2008


On Jan 15, 2008 12:58 PM, Mike Schuh <schuh at farmdale.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to install some modules from CPAN, having just upgraded from
> Perl 5.8.8 to 5.10.0  Most of what I want to install has worked OK.
>
no, you upgraded from Perl 5.008_008 to 5.010_000.

> In a few places, however, I get complaints about versions:
>
>  - ERROR: perl (5.10.0) is installed, but we need version >= 5.8
>
> and
>
>  requires perl '5.8'; you have only 5.010000; giving up
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
make sure your 'use 5.8' lines are modified to 'use 5.008', and all
will work as expected.

> perl -v returns
>
> This is perl, v5.10.0 built for i686-linux
>
it's rather unfortunate that perl's version is advertised as something
it's not... or that it's stored as something it's not... anyway,
things will compare nicely if you fix as i've suggested.
~jerry


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