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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:38:34 -0400
To: "Gary Nielson" <gary AT garynielson DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Cygwin-Perl upgrade and modules
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At 08:38 PM 8/24/2004, you wrote:
>The other day, I decided to finally update all my cygwin packages with
>setup.exe -- including perl. Went from 5.8.0 to 5.8.5 and now realize that
>the path to all the modules I installed is under the older version at
>/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 instead of  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5.
>I've always shied away from upgrading perl in Linux so don't have much
>experience dealing with modules from older installations. Must I re-install
>all these modules, or can I add a path to them in my scripts, or should I
>revert back to the older version of perl and if so, how? Any help
>appreciated.



Isn't this a Perl rather than a Cygwin question?  Forgive me.  
Maybe I'm wrong.  I have to admit a shameful naivete when it comes to 
Perl. :-(
 

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