On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 05:14 PM, Celeste Suliin Burris wrote: > I went to cpan.org intending to download and compile the latest > stable.tar.gz to update to 5.8.0 on my Jaguar machine. Reading the > documentation, it told me to download the binaries, not to compile it. > > As a Solaris SysAdmin, I've always compiled it. I compiled 5.6.1 on Mac > OS X > 10.1. I guess I'm set in my ways, but I like reasons, not just a "do > it!" > > Does anyone know the why this advice exists?
I don't really know what you're talking about. Which docs? Which binaries? -Ken
