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Arthur Bergman wrote: > > On Saturday, October 25, 2003, at 02:19 pm, Albert Whale wrote: > >> >> I am attempting to update my Perl installation to permit threaded >> uses. Specifically, I need this to support the Sendmail::MILTER >> package. >> >> My existing Perl applications do not work when the updated Package is >> installed. >> >> While it may not be an efficient implementation, how can I install a >> Threaded Perl package to support the Sendmail::MILTER package while >> permitting the existing applications to use the currently installed >> Perl Applcations? >> >> > > Hi, > > If you are using perl 5.8.1 there should be no difference between > threaded perl and non threaded perl for normal applications (I assume > you USE_ITHREADS), if there are they are to be considered bugs and > should be fixed! > > However, if you want to seperate your threaded and non threaded perl > (there are several reasons for this, relating to speed and 3rd party > libs), I always compile threaded perl using a different prefix, > ./Configure -Dusethreads -Dprefix=/usr/local/perl/581thr/ > > Cheers > Arthur, Thank you for the suggestion, and I'll certainly make use of it. Now one more quick question, since there is a separate prefix, what do you do with the Binary? Do you have a /usr/bin/perl-thr? -- Albert E. Whale, CISSP - Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.abs-comptech.com & http://www.No-JunkMail.com ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer & Networking Specialists SPAM Zapper - www.No-JunkMail.com - SPAM Stops Here. Founding Board of Directors of Pittsburgh FBI - InfraGardThread Previous | Thread Next