Re: 2.9 and perl 5.8.0 question

[Ben Goren <ben_(_at_)_trumpetpower_(_dot_)_com>]

On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 02:28:45PM +1000, Carl Brewer wrote:

> I asked for some clues re getting perl 5.8.0 working on 2.9.

*Sigh*

I should know better, but here goes anyway.

Clue #1: Upgrade to OpenBSD 3.3. It ships with Perl 5.8.0.

Clue #2: Get  real friendly with CVS. Everything  that's been done
to OpenBSD  and perl between 2.9  and now is in  there. Track down
the changes  that have  been made  to both,  and you'll  know what
needs to  be done. If this  sounds suspiciously like  upgrading to
OpenBSD 3.3,  but piecemeal,  that's because  that's what  the net
effect is.

Clue #3: If you can't  or won't take the hints in  clues #1 or #2,
pay somebody to  do it for you. People here  answer questions they
either happen to  already know the answers to  or find interesting
enough that the challenge is worth  the effort to find the answer.
Anybody here  who knows  enough to  graft a new  Perl onto  an old
OpenBSD is going to  know better than to do so  and won't find the
problem interesting enough to waste time on it.

Clue #4: When you ask for advice and get an answer you don't like,
haranguing those who gave you the advice isn't going to change the
advice they gave you. If our advice is so worthless to you, why do
you keep  asking for  it? Maybe somebody  on a  Perl list  will be
interested--try bothering them for a while.

Cheers,

b&

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