Hi, I recently ran into a problem which has puzzled me about Perl compilation and installation. I would appreciate some help in understanding this.
I run Redhat 7.2, which comes with perl-5.6.0-17. I was able to compile and install 5.6.1 and 5.8.0 all seemingly without problems. However, I ran into problems when I tried to get mod_perl 1.27 working on my machine. It compiles but does not pass the tainting test when I use either the 5.6.1 or 5.8.0 that I compiled and installed myself. When I revert back to using 5.6.0, I am able to pass the mod_perl self tests. I would like to use a more current perl than 5.6.0. But try as I might, I keep getting stuck on failing the tainting test. Can someone explain to me what is happening and help me get past this? Is this a simple as file permission problem? I compile perl as a regular user and only run "make install" as root. This is most confusing. Thanks, Jeff