[Catalyst] How best not to use the system perl

[Stuart Watt]

Perl 5.10 isn't really supported any more, so it is highly likely that at some stage the system Perl will get upgraded behind the scenes, breaking binary compatibility with modules even if they are in local::lib. The only safe solution is to use your own Perl (I'd not put it directly under /usr/local, but somewhere application specific, but then I am fairly paranoid). That way, no surprise upgrades will break your application.

All the best
Stuart


On 2011-09-30, at 10:39 AM, Dermot wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have got a new server that I want to put into production. To comply
> with the manufacturer, I have installed RedHat 6.1 on it. Up till now
> we have used Debian based machines and have been using the system
> perl. That worked ok because all the necessay libperl*.deb could be
> installed via the package manager. That's not an option with yum. I
> know using the system perl is frowned upon by some so I'd like to do
> the right thing before the server is deployed. AFAIK, there are two
> options; 1) install a perl from source into somewhere like /usr/local
> and set-up the environment so that's the perl that's used or 2) use
> the system perl (5.10.1) and local::lib. I'm sure there are others
> with my hardware set-up and I'd be interested in hearing what
> approached they've taken. Similarly if there are other options to
> consider or there are strong reasons for using one approach over an
> other, I'd appreciate hearing them.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dermot.