On Sunday, Jan 12, 2003, at 20:34 US/Eastern, Carsten Klapp wrote:
Hi All,
Aside from these directory name issues I have a start on some perl 5.8
info files based on a perl 5.8 info file from the submission tracker.
The modules I found so far which need to be recompiled simply have a
new info file identical to the old one but with a build/depends on the
new perl. Take a look in the experimental/carstenklapp cvs dir.
Some modules are 100% perl code, and for the most part they can be
built and installed in the 5.6.0 and 5.8.0 directories without changes.
(IE only install destination command is changed) For these modules we
just copy the files between 5.6.0 and 5.8.0 dirs.
It is my understanding that not all perl modules need to be recompiled
for 5.8, only binary XS modules. (I really don't know what XS means
and I have no idea how to tell if a module works or not without
recompiling unless there is an error using it). Anyway this would mean
a lot of the perl mods in fink should still work with the new perl
without needing a recompile.
Any module that compiles C or C++ code should be considered XS (There
may be one or two that aren't, but those are the minority) Otherwise,
unless specified by the module author, it should work on both versions.
Carsten
Kyle Moffett
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