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Amy Lee

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Jul 11, 2008, 10:44:56 AM7/11/08
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Hello,

What if I download perl-5.10.0 and to upgrade, whether I need to reinstall
the modules?

Thank you~

Regards,

Amy

Sherman Pendley

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Jul 11, 2008, 11:16:52 AM7/11/08
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Amy Lee <openlin...@gmail.com> writes:

> What if I download perl-5.10.0 and to upgrade, whether I need to
> reinstall the modules?

Yes, you will need to reinstall any modules that have an XS
component. That is, those that have a compiled binary, not just pure
Perl code. That's usually not necessary for a minor update, from 5.8.x
to 5.8.y for example, but going to 5.10 from an earlier 5.x release is
a major update.

sherm--

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Amy Lee

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Jul 11, 2008, 11:48:07 AM7/11/08
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:16:52 -0400, Sherman Pendley wrote:

> Amy Lee <openlin...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> What if I download perl-5.10.0 and to upgrade, whether I need to
>> reinstall the modules?
>
> Yes, you will need to reinstall any modules that have an XS
> component. That is, those that have a compiled binary, not just pure
> Perl code. That's usually not necessary for a minor update, from 5.8.x
> to 5.8.y for example, but going to 5.10 from an earlier 5.x release is
> a major update.
>
> sherm--

Thank you very much~

Amy

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