11/19/2010, "Chap Harrison" <c...@pobox.com> вы писали:

>Hi folks,
>
>The current version of Ubuntu Linux I'm using comes with Perl 5.10.1, but I 
>want to install and develop under 5.12.2.  From what I've read in Perlmonks 
>and Stackoverflow, it's not difficult to install a separate version - all it 
>needs is its own directory.  But I'm a little unclear about how to leave 
>things so that system utilities (such as system update) continue to find the 
>5.10 version, while at the same time I can run 'cpan' and have it use 5.12 as 
>its context.
>
>Perlbrew was mentioned, but it doesn't seem to be unanimously considered a 
>good solution to my problem.
>
>I figure I should leave the /usr/bin/perl symlink exactly the way it is, 
>pointing to the "system" perl, 5.10.1.
>
>I figure I should create a /usr/bin/perl512 symlink to point to my 5.12.2 
>version.
>
>I figure I will have to begin my Perl programs with #!/usr/bin/perl512.
>
>Are there considerations for my .bashrc file?  ($PATH, $PERL5LIB)
>
>I have no idea whether 'cpan' is going to behave the way I want it to (leaving 
>the 5.10 system alone, only modifying 5.12)
>
>Can anyone suggest (or point to) a "best practice" way to handle this 
>situation - i.e. managing both a "system" version and a development version?

Have you considered using such instrument as chroot?

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Regards,
Alex

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