From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 31 18:48:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46E0B16A4CE for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:48:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from quark.cs.earlham.edu (cs.earlham.edu [159.28.230.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C8D43D48 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:48:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from skylar@cs.earlham.edu) Received: from quark.cs.earlham.edu (localhost.cs.earlham.edu [127.0.0.1]) by quark.cs.earlham.edu (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBVImZ9I051311 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 13:48:35 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from skylar@cs.earlham.edu) Received: (from skylar@localhost) by quark.cs.earlham.edu (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) id iBVImZhY051310 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:48:35 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from skylar@cs.earlham.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: quark.cs.earlham.edu: skylar set sender to skylar@quark.cs.earlham.edu using -f Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:48:35 -0600 From: Skylar Thompson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041231184835.GA51268@quark.cs.earlham.edu> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <41D53C00.5000707@locolomo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41D53C00.5000707@locolomo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Sender: "Skylar Thompson" X-Accept-Primary-Language: en X-Accept-Secondary-Language: es SMTP-Mailing-Host: quark.cs.earlham.edu X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.11-PRERELEASE X-Uptime: 12:47PM up 15 days, 9:55, 14 users, load averages: 0.16, 0.15, 0.16 X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 6.3 (2004 June 7, compiled Aug 26 2004 10:37:04) Subject: Re: upgrading perl X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Skylar Thompson List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:48:36 -0000 --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 12:46:09PM +0100, Erik Norgaard wrote: > I haven't found big differences between 5.6 and 5.8, so I'd suggest you= =20 > use 5.8. The main reason to stick with an older version is that you=20 > might develop scripts for platforms where the newer are not available. I've noticed some memory allocation bugs with 5.6, so I'd just go straight for 5.8. --=20 -- Skylar Thompson (skylar@cs.earlham.edu) -- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/ --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB1Z8Dsc4yyULgN4YRAluPAKCiSvxUo63dm6ZsFffNJ+KOiZzw4gCfbMKA HFroxns7UnDM9vrdGv9VXNs= =oZBo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB--