I built and installed Perl 5.6.2 on my AMD64/Debian box. It was wizzy quick to compile, test and install, much faster than the last time I did that (Sun Ultra SPARC 1).
I then symlinked myself a perl56 and perl58 so I can keep things vaguely logical. Then it was off to CPAN to install some extra stuff. Suffice to say I'm still having problems with Perl 5.6.2 and IO::Capture, but now I can study the problem properly. I also found that lots of common modules like YAML, Test::Reporter won't install on a vanilla 5.6.2 install.
Tomorrow I'm off up to London for the Perl teach-in, it's only 5+ hours by train/tube and bus to get there and back...
Re: IO::Capture and Perl 5.6.2
ajt on 2007-06-05T07:56:50
It passes it's own tests okay, but doesn't seem to work properly in use. I've emailed the author and I've now got a 5.6.2 system to test it and figure out what is going on.
