FYI, I was able to successfully install 5.8.0. The only things 'special' I did was modify the install paths a little (but the install is still all under /usr/local). So I took your advice as far as that goes, and now that I think about it I don't see why it should be a problem to just install all my stuff in /usr/local like normal. I guess I had some aversion to it since I remember reading somewhere in the Fink pages that it's not a good idea to install stuff in /usr/local. Oh well it's working fine. Thanks everyone for your help! :-)
On 8/17/2002 10:04, "Phil Dobbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 17/08/2002 at 00:00, Sky Lemon, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [...] > >> You they *will* be releasing an article on installing Perl 5.8, then you >> said you haven't tested it on 10.1 yet, so that implies you have access >> to >> the article. So where is it? Do you work for Apple? (Is that why you >> posted >> that 'Note' at the end? ;-). > > While I think it's a shame that Morbus doesn't work for Apple (now, that'd be > fun ;-) installing 5.8.0 is pretty much ironed out now and functions pretty > well on my iBook in /usr/local/ on X.1.5. > > [...] > >> Hey that's great, so can I just `sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Perl` or >> will >> that chunk up my system somehow? > > I didn't go as far as that. I did actually do `rm -rf /Library/Perl' though to > get rid of the troublesome executable, dyld, etc (see these list archives and > the perl5-porters ones too for more info or mail me off-list). > > I'd advise against overwriting 5.6.0 with 5.8.0 (although I do use 5.6.1 in > /System/Library/Perl on my production iMac and recommend it) because I haven't > heard from anybody who's done it, although I'm sure somebody has and is faring > well. > > Regards, > > Phil.
