On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 03:14 AM, 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
I have a bad habit of reading through the instructions.
At http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/src/README.html it states:
* Binary distributions of perl (executable programs) for particular
platforms. See the ports directory at the top level of CPAN. If your system
does not have a C compiler, you
OK I see. But what they're talking about here is the OLD Mac OS.. the
one without a command line. This should be updated to reflect the fact
that Mac's can run variants of UNIX (Yellow Dog, OS X).
I concede the point but complain bitterly and in a completely
unsportsmanlike way :)
In
On 18/9/02 17:26, Celeste Suliin Burris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a bad habit of reading through the instructions.
At http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/src/README.html it states:
* Binary distributions of perl (executable programs) for particular
platforms. See the ports directory at
And to clarify this point just a tiny bit more:
Mac OS/X is 'a' UNIX. It is an implementation of the FreeBSD UNIX
variant.
Furthermore, it is - in fact - the most widely used UNIX 'flavor' in the
world today.
It is however, still considered 'new' therefore many have been slow to
adapt to
On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 09:39 AM, ellem wrote:
In conclusion OS X is =~ UNIX and you should look around this
list for all the instructions regarding the installation of
5.8.0
I'm rather surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but there is
an EXCELLENT article on installing
On Thursday, September 19, 2002, at 02:26 AM, Celeste Suliin Burris
wrote:
I have a bad habit of reading through the instructions.
At http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/src/README.html it states:
Oh, I see. The thing is, I wouldn't really call that page the
instructions. The Perl community
