Re: perl 5.8.1 or later for rhel 3

Ed Wilts wrote:
> On 1/27/2007 6:01 PM, Alois Treindl wrote:
>> Alois Treindl wrote:
>>> RHEL 3 has perl-5.8.0 but I have some application which refuses to 
>>> start with perl version < 5.8.1
>>>
>>> Does onyone know of perl rpms for rhel 3 which allow me to update 
>>> easily to this version (or later)?
>>
>> solved it myself: took the perl rpm from Fedora 2.
>> Needed 'nodeps' and 'force' to install but seems to do its job.
>           ^^^^^^       ^^^^^
> 
> This is almost always a bad idea...  A much better idea would be to have 
> installed both the old and new copies of perl and then have your 
> application run the right binary.  With luck, you won't have broken 
> anything important...

How do I install a second vesion besides the first one?

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