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http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=7525 CPAN now has "If you are on a UNIX, I strongly suggest that you compile Perl yourself from the source code distribution.". And it is not a problem to compile 5.8.8 or 5.10.0 with gcc on Windows (see Strawberry Perl). This ticket can be closed. Aug 20 09:35:36 2001, RT_System wrote: > If you go into the CPAN site and open "binary distributions", then at the > top of the resulting page you get some pungent advice: > > "I strongly suggest that you compile Perl yourself from the source code > distribution. This way you always get the latest Perl and you can configure > Perl as you like and you avoid the security risks inherent in installing > binary distributions." > > Reading that I just knew that I had to do what I had to do! > -- Alexandr Ciornii, http://chorny.netThread Previous | Thread Next