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Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:50:57 +0100
From: Laurynas Biveinis <laurynas DOT biveinis AT mif DOT vu DOT lt>
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To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: perl 5.8.0 from w2k test site problems
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> It appears that the Perl 5.8.0 works in most situations, but not all. In the
> next update I will put uploading the latest Perl 5.6.1 and changing the info
> on Perl 5.8.0 to be use at your own risk just in case people need it for
> some reason.
> 
> The Perl 5.6.1 available is a bit old, but works okay under 2K/XP and it
> does not have the patch that Richard included in the other email as this is
> only a recent change.
> 
> Apart from Richard's patch you could try fixing it yourself as I don't have
> the time to spend on this.

I've rebuilt 5.8.0 with Rick's patch and few other changes (replaced 
installation paths $DJDIR with /dev/env/DJDIR). Installation fails in 
man pages (they have '::' in file names). Resulting perl is no better 
than previously... I'm looking forward for 5.6.1 release.

--
Laurynas