perl version updating

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Shlomi,

Thanks for the url, I added that to my bookmarks file.  I'll be back. 
These are updates that need to be done and over 200 by now.

On Mon, 4 Sep 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 14:58:47
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: perl version updating
> 
> Hi Anonymous!
>
> This is Shlomi Fish here.
>
> On Mon, 4 Sep 2017 07:14:09 -0400
> Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> I have several perl modules *.pm files that need rebuilding against an
>> updated perl base.  I hadn't got that far into perl for rebuilding modules
>> yet.  Any pointers at material to read through before trying this I think
>> will be quite helpful.  I was doing a little reading on perlcompile and my
>> impression is that's a collection of tools not all of which are stable.
>>
>
> Perhaps see the resources at http://perl-begin.org/ - especially
> http://perl-begin.org/topics/modules-and-packages/ and
> http://perl-begin.org/topics/cpan/ . (Note that  I am its maintainer)
>
> Otherwise *.pm are text/code files that do not need to be rebuilt (although
> they may require updating for the new version of the perl interpreter  due to
> introduced incompatibilities.). You may be thinking of
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XS_%28Perl%29 which does require rebuilding.
>
> Regards,
>
> 	Shlomi Fish
>
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