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=item Directories for the perl distribution | ||
There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. INSTALL will need a note that as of 7.0.0 the prefix will be As a side note, will perl-7.x.x be able to load modules from perl-5.x.x when |
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By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.33.1. | ||
By default, Configure will use the following directories for 7.1.0. | ||
$version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g. | ||
5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos, | ||
determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure | ||
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=head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5 | ||
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Perl 5.33.1 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl. | ||
Perl 7.1.0 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl. | ||
In other words, you will have to recompile your XS modules. | ||
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In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one stable version of Perl | ||
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libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?) One convenient | ||
way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as | ||
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sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.33.1 | ||
sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl7.1.0 | ||
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and adding /opt/perl5.33.1/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users | ||
and adding /opt/perl7.1.0/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users | ||
may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that | ||
scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl. | ||
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=head2 Upgrading from 5.32.0 or earlier | ||
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B<Perl 5.33.1 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.32.0 or | ||
B<Perl 7.1.0 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.32.0 or | ||
earlier Perl releases.> Perl modules having binary parts | ||
(meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be | ||
used with 5.33.1. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with | ||
5.33.1, you may safely do so without disturbing the older | ||
used with 7.1.0. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with | ||
7.1.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older | ||
installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5"> | ||
above.) | ||
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print("$f\n"); | ||
} | ||
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in Linux with perl-5.33.1 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}): | ||
in Linux with perl-7.1.0 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}): | ||
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./bin/perl | ||
./lib/perl5/5.33.1/strict.pm | ||
./lib/perl5/5.33.1/warnings.pm | ||
./lib/perl5/5.33.1/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm | ||
./lib/perl5/5.33.1/feature.pm | ||
./lib/perl5/5.33.1/XSLoader.pm | ||
./lib/perl5/5.33.1/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so | ||
./lib/perl/7.1.0/strict.pm | ||
./lib/perl/7.1.0/warnings.pm | ||
./lib/perl/7.1.0/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm | ||
./lib/perl/7.1.0/feature.pm | ||
./lib/perl/7.1.0/XSLoader.pm | ||
./lib/perl/7.1.0/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so | ||
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Secondly, for perl-5.10.1, the Debian perl-base package contains 591 | ||
files, (of which 510 are for lib/unicore) totaling about 3.5MB in its | ||
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I have not yet found time to dig into rebuilding Configure with all these changes, so I have no idea if anything would be impacted at all. I will need to find time first to experiment and time to backport all changes.