As much as I like being distracted by shiny objects, we use a "stable" distribution so that we don't get bogged down by new "features" breaking our product. Bugs like this are fairly rare and I'm hoping I can find a way to make it harmless (my kludge is pretty close).
Duane > On Dec 13, 2016, at 4:57 PM, Bill Ricker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Duane Bronson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Yes, our product is using scientific linux 6.3 which uses perl 5.10.x, and > our customers and QA don't like hot fixes that replace nearly every RPM. In > fact, they would probably prefer the memory leak. > > You might want to decouple the Perl from the OS RPM and build your own > /$local/bin/perl that you control the version of and the CPAN versions in the > matching /$local/lib/perl > ( for a suitable value of $local ) > -- not as a hotfix, but as a strategic move to let you move forward. > The other modules you want the new features or fixes in are less and less > likely to continue supporting 5.010_01 > > > > > > -- > Bill Ricker > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux <https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux> Duane Bronson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://www.nerdlogic.com/ <http://www.nerdlogic.com/> 5 Goden St. Belmont, MA 02478 617.515.2909 _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
