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Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 15:02:05 +0000
From: Rui Carmo <rui DOT carmo AT accao DOT net>
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Subject: Perl 5.8 status?
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Erm... Could anyone update us on the status of Perl 5.8?

It is working fine for me, with the minor annoyance of  having to keep 
remembering to "Keep" the package while running Setup, because it offers 
to replace 5.8 with 5.6 every time... :)

R.

Gerrit P. Haase wrote:

>Hallo Linda,
>
>  
>
>>>>5.8?  Is that available in cygwin-x86?
>>>>        
>>>>
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>  
>
>>>As a test version. It will show in the click through list, 
>>>but hasn't yet been promoted to curr, so presumably there are 
>>>a few buglets left.
>>>      
>>>
>
>  
>
>>        Ah...cool!  Maybe will have to try an early edition assuming I can
>>find a semi-fast mirror that carries the test versions.
>>    
>>
>
>Should be available from any mirror.
>
>Make a backup from libperl5.6.1.dll since some other executables
>in the cygwin netrelease are linked against it (e.g. exim).
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Gerrit
>  
>



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