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Date: 2002-11-30 01:06:58
From "C.L. Harting "
Subject: Re: SMIT (was: Re: So... whaddya got?)
--------------350C90324B3E4D343BD2A884 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yes, I have 5.1 running on a Model 250 at home and on a Model 340 at the office. As far as packages overlapping, it's obvious that there are 3 different PERL packages out there, supported (or simply provided) by three separate groups. I wouldn't expect all three to coordinate their efforts. I would pick one package for installation and stick with it until something forces me to change. In your particular situation, my hunch is that the RPMs will be updated more often than the perl.rte fileset. The freeware.perl is a toss-up -- is anyone actively updating/maintaining it? ..just my $0.02... Steve Scotten wrote: > Are you running 5.1? > > Really, the thing that bugs me is the overlap of packages that are > installed with installp and those that are installed with RPM. For > example, if I want to upgrade > > Fileset Level State Description > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > perl.rte 5.5.3.0 C Perl Version 5 Runtime > Environment > > to a newer level, I can get freeware.perl from bull (which won't > satisfy the dependencies for perl.rte) or go to IBM for perl 5.6.1 as > an RPM, which also won't satisfy dependencies. > > ...or just do what I did, which was to leave 5.5.3.0 right where it > was and compile 5.8.0 myself. It works, but I don't like having to > leave older versions on my computer. > > I *have* rpm on here, but I don't use it as a last resort, even after > attempting to compile a package myself. > > Now after all this griping, I'll probably find that the maintenance > releases I have not yet installed will upgrade my perl and other > things like that, and I'll feel really foolish! =^) > > Steve > -- > Steven M. Scotten > <s@p90.net> -- C.L. Harting clharting@wideopenwest.com "Familiarity (with UNIX) breeds contempt (for other operating systems) -- and children (Linux)." --------------350C90324B3E4D343BD2A884 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Yes, I have 5.1 running on a Model 250 at home and on a Model 340 at the office. <br>As far as packages overlapping, it's obvious that there are 3 different PERL packages out there, supported (or simply provided) by three separate groups. I wouldn't expect all three to coordinate their efforts. I would pick <i>one</i> package for installation and stick with it until something forces me to change. In your particular situation, my hunch is that the RPMs will be updated more often than the perl.rte fileset. The freeware.perl is a toss-up -- is anyone actively updating/maintaining it? <br>..just my $0.02... <p>Steve Scotten wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Are you running 5.1? <p>Really, the thing that bugs me is the overlap of packages that are <br>installed with installp and those that are installed with RPM. For <br>example, if I want to upgrade <p> Fileset Level State Description <br> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br> perl.rte 5.5.3.0 C Perl Version 5 Runtime <br> Environment <p>to a newer level, I can get freeware.perl from bull (which won't <br>satisfy the dependencies for perl.rte) or go to IBM for perl 5.6.1 as <br>an RPM, which also won't satisfy dependencies. <p>...or just do what I did, which was to leave 5.5.3.0 right where it <br>was and compile 5.8.0 myself. It works, but I don't like having to <br>leave older versions on my computer. <p>I *have* rpm on here, but I don't use it as a last resort, even after <br>attempting to compile a package myself. <p>Now after all this griping, I'll probably find that the maintenance <br>releases I have not yet installed will upgrade my perl and other <br>things like that, and I'll feel really foolish! =^) <p>Steve <br>-- <br>Steven M. Scotten <br><s@p90.net></blockquote> <pre>-- C.L. Harting clharting@wideopenwest.com "Familiarity (with UNIX) breeds contempt (for other operating systems) -- and children (Linux)."</pre> </html> --------------350C90324B3E4D343BD2A884--
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