SPUG: when is 5.10 not > 5.8?
Mike Schuh
schuh at farmdale.com
Tue Jan 15 17:18:30 PST 2008
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, jerry gay wrote:
>On Jan 15, 2008 12:58 PM, Mike Schuh <schuh at farmdale.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
Ah, OK.
>> In a few places, however, I get complaints about versions:
>>
>> - ERROR: perl (5.10.0) is installed, but we need version >= 5.8
>
>make sure your 'use 5.8' lines are modified to 'use 5.008', and all
>will work as expected.
Well, they aren't really my lines, but the module's I'm trying to load.
>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...
Agreed, and Andrew's follow up question is spot on.
>anyway, things will compare nicely if you fix as i've suggested.
Indeed they did - but the Magic Place is in _build/prereqs *after* "perl
Makefile.PL" is run. There ain't no "use 5.8" line anywhere in the source.
After changing this as Jerry suggested, running "make && make test" is a
much happier experience.
But then the next module in my path to glory hits a different problem, but
now it's time to head to tonight's meeting.
Thanks, Jerry, for the tip.
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Mike Schuh - Seattle, Washington USA
http://www.farmdale.com
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