>Have you tried building Apache 1.3.27 with mod_perl 1.27 on your Perl >5.8.0 setup? I'd be really curious to see if it works. My conclusion, >after a weekend of suffering, is that it doesn't. If you or anybody could >show that it's possible and list build steps, I'd be very grateful indeed.
On my primary machine, I reverted back to 5.6.0, primarily because I develop a Cocoa/Perl bridge for my AmphetaDesk [1] - the bridge is built for Perl 5.6.0, and is thus not compatible with a 5.8.0 install (as warned in the Perl documentation). My choices were to either use the latest Perl (thus, testing AmphetaDesk on a system that very few OS X/AmphetaDesk users would have), or to stay as close to a virgin OS X machine as possible. For my user's interest, I stuck with the latter (this ignores the possibility of installing Perl 5.8.0 contrary to my article, in a user-selected directory, not Apple's). >Meanwhile I'm sticking to 5.6.0, flawed as it is, and installing modules >by hand rather than via CPAN.pm in an effort to stay away from 5.8.0. :( You should really consider upgrading CPAN. After upgrading to the latest CPAN, I've had no problems with it attempting to install 5.8.0 (even with an old CPAN, you could Ctrl+C your way past most "must install 5.8.0!" idiocies). [1] http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/ -- Morbus Iff ( relax have a happy meal ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ Tech: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 - articles and weblog icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus
