On Jul 15, 2004, at 2:44 PM, Andrew Brosnan wrote:
I am further confused by posts in the archive and elsewhere. Some seem
to say, 'Find the old offending libraries and remove them.' While others
seem to say, 'Don't mess with Apple's version of Perl. Install a second
version instead.'
So which approach is correct?
The answers you read were correct within the context of working with ordinary Perl modules that have been compiled for an earlier version of Perl.
But that is not the case here. You're not building an ordinary module - you're building mod_perl. Do Hyun Kim's answer in this case is appropriate - try building your Perl with a dynamic libperl instead of the default static libperl. (I've encountered similar problems building mod_perl on older versions of Solaris - it can be a finicky build.)
Is it safe to replace Apple's 5.6 version of Perl with 5.8 (FWIW, I'm still running 10.2)
Probably. It's definitely safe to leave Apple's version intact. Whether you'd prefer "probably safe" or "definitely safe" is up to you. What level of risk are you comfortable with taking?
sherm--
