Re: upgrade perl 5.6.1 to 5.8.5

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Gokul P. Nair wrote:
> I'm currently using perl v5.6.1 and would like to
> upgrade it to v5.8.5, also when i download and install
> modules from cpan.org it prints this at the end of
> installation:
> "Appending installation info to
> /usr/lib/perl/5.6.1/perllocal.pod"
> I have 2 questions:
> 1. How do i upgrade from 5.6.1 to 5.8.5 
> 2. that it is If i upgrade to perl 5.8.5, am i going
> to lose all the modules i built and installed, if no,
> how do i make sure that all these modules that i built
> and installed are still available in the newer
> version.

Gokul, please remember that this is a mod_perl list. To ask perl-specific 
questions please use some of the lists you can find here: 
http://lists.perl.org/, http://perlmonks.org/, etc.

The only relevant part might be the mod_perl. So the answer is: Once 
you've upgraded to 5.8.5, you will need to reinstall mod_perl and all the 
modules that include XS/C code in them. But since usually you get a 
completely empty tree you will need to reinstall all modules. You can 
simplify the task using CPAN.pm's autobundle:
http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN/lib/CPAN.pm#autobundle

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