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amar avula Novice Feb 17, 2010, 10:57 AM Post #1 of 12 (1127 views) Download of perl version download of perl5.6.1 Can't Post Our different landscapes have different versions perl 5.6.1(prod) and perl 5.8.8. (dev). We just want to upgrade perl to 5.8.8 in prod.. To do this, we need to test out upgrade of 5.6.1 to 5.8.8.. The sad part is we dont have 5.6.1 software for windows. can someone give me link for perl 5.6.1 for windows x86 as this software link is not readily available anywhere

FishMonger Veteran Feb 17, 2010, 1:31 PM Post #2 of 12 (1123 views) Re: [amar avula] Download of perl version download of perl5.6.1 [In reply to] Can't Post You could contact Activestate to see if they have an archive of old releases that are available for download. Another option would be to download the source code and compile it yourself. http://www.cpan.org/src/README.html

rovf Veteran Feb 18, 2010, 3:32 AM Post #3 of 12 (1119 views) Re: [amar avula] Download of perl version download of perl5.6.1 [In reply to] Can't Post Google is your friend: http://download.cnet.com/ActivePerl/3000-2212_4-8582781.html

amar avula Novice Feb 18, 2010, 6:14 AM Post #4 of 12 (1117 views) Re: [rovf] Download of perl version download of perl5.6.1 [In reply to] Can't Post In the google link which is pointing to cnet.com, The latest version of perl version is available.

FishMonger Veteran Feb 18, 2010, 7:04 AM Post #5 of 12 (1115 views) Re: [amar avula] Download of perl version download of perl5.6.1 [In reply to] Can't Post Which part of the upgrade process are you concerned with and need to test, the actual perl upgrade, or verifying that your older perl scripts will run under 5.8.8?

FishMonger Veteran Feb 18, 2010, 7:33 AM Post #6 of 12 (1113 views) Re: [amar avula] Download of perl version download of perl5.6.1 [In reply to] Can't Post One thing you need to be aware of, if you don't already know, is that modules written for 5.6.x that use XS code are not binary compatible with 5.8.x, which means they will need to be recompiled. You really don't want to do that on an individual module basis. So, the best upgrade path is to wipe out 5.6.1 and do a clean install of 5.8.8 or preferably 5.10.1. Then install any additional modules that you require and test your scripts. The actual perl upgrade is easiest portion of the process. If your scripts are coded in the typical 5.6 style, then upgrading them to the current coding standards will be a chore.

amar avula Novice Feb 18, 2010, 8:53 AM Post #7 of 12 (1109 views) Re: [FishMonger] Download of perl version download of perl5.6.1 [In reply to] Can't Post The scripts are written and tested in 5.8.8 in development. In production , We have 5.6.1 .

FishMonger Veteran Feb 18, 2010, 9:00 AM Post #8 of 12 (1107 views) Re: [amar avula] Download of perl version download of perl5.6.1 [In reply to] Can't Post Then you're going to want to do a clean install. I'm not sure I understand your need to locate the old 5.6.1 version.

amar avula Novice Feb 18, 2010, 9:27 AM Post #9 of 12 (1104 views) Re: [FishMonger] Download of perl version download of perl5.6.1 [In reply to] Can't Post In production which is of old version:5.6.1, We are getting some dump files that are getting created when we execute any perl script. I suspect that the old version is causing the problem. So we want to the test the perl scripts in 5.6.1, see the dump files and then upgrade to higher version to see that error is not there

FishMonger Veteran Feb 18, 2010, 10:25 AM Post #10 of 12 (1101 views) Re: [amar avula] Download of perl version download of perl5.6.1 [In reply to] Can't Post So, if I understand you correctly, you want to have both 5.6.1 and 5.8.8 in your dev environment so that you can test the scripts in each perl environment without having to change the prod system. Is that correct? I've done a little searching and have not found any old binaries for download. Activestate does state that they have archives of these available, if you're willing to pay for their ($1,000) Business Edition. That's not the approach I'd take, but it would be the easiest. I'd download the source code, which is available at the link I provided in my prior post, and compile it myself.

amar avula Novice Feb 18, 2010, 10:51 AM Post #11 of 12 (1097 views) Re: [FishMonger] Download of perl version download of perl5.6.1 [In reply to] Can't Post Sorry for asking simple questions. what do you mean by compile yourself?? I have downloaded the tar.gz file and extracted into a seperate windows folder. Now what should be my next steps??

FishMonger Veteran Feb 18, 2010, 11:11 AM Post #12 of 12 (1095 views) Re: [amar avula] Download of perl version download of perl5.6.1 [In reply to] Can't Post You need a C compiler (such as gcc). http://sourceforge.net/projects/gdcwin/ After installing the compiler, then cd into the directory were you extracted the perl files. There should be a README or similar file that provides the compiling/installing instructions. Typically those instructions tell you to run the following commands. configure make make test make install

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