Re: [Boston.pm] perl 5.10 memory leak?
Duane Bronson <[email protected]>
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As much as I like being distracted by shiny objects, we use a "stable" distribution so that we don't get bogged down by new "features" breaking our product. Bugs like this are fairly rare and I'm hoping I can find a way to make it harmless (my kludge is pretty close). Duane > On Dec 13, 2016, at 4:57 PM, Bill Ricker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Duane Bronson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Yes, our product is using scientific linux 6.3 which uses perl 5.10.x, and our customers and QA don't like hot fixes that replace nearly every RPM. In fact, they would probably prefer the memory leak. > > You might want to decouple the Perl from the OS RPM and build your own /$local/bin/perl that you control the version of and the CPAN versions in the matching /$local/lib/perl > ( for a suitable value of $local ) > -- not as a hotfix, but as a strategic move to let you move forward. > The other modules you want the new features or fixes in are less and less likely to continue supporting 5.010_01 > > > > > > -- > Bill Ricker > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux <https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux> Duane Bronson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://www.nerdlogic.com/ <http://www.nerdlogic.com/> 5 Goden St. Belmont, MA 02478 617.515.2909 _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm