Need discussion, Re: Latest contrib perl

[Nils Breunese (Lemonbit Internet)]

Michael Mansour wrote:

>>> The perl versions I'm currently using on FC1 are from that  
>>> directory:
>>>
>>> # rpm -q perl perl-suidperl
>>> perl-5.8.3-18.1.legacy
>>> perl-suidperl-5.8.3-18.1.legacy
>>
>> I built these versions for FC1; however, they are actually older
>> than the -17.3.legacy versions.  I didn't realize at the time that
>> FC2 already had a -18 version.  You should install the -17.3.legacy
>> versions for the latest FC1 update.  RPM will require that you give
>> it the --oldpackage option because of the version numbering.  I
>> guess we could bump the epoch but it would really be preferable if
>> we could avoid that. John
>
> Where do I pickup the -17.3.legacy versions from? looking here:
>
> http://www.fedoralegacy.org/contrib/perl/
>
> I only see the perl-5.8.3-17.3.legacy.src.rpm file, but I need both  
> the perl
> binary rpm and the perl-suidperl binary rpm.

You can build both binary rpms from that source rpm.

Nils.
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