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Re: Why is this perl checking code not working for me?
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Keith Marshall |
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Re: Why is this perl checking code not working for me? |
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Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:24:14 +0100 |
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On Tuesday 11 August 2009 20:07:40 Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> > Try running that yourself, from the shell prompt; do you see
> > what the problem is now? (Hint: you have a minor version of 8,
> > but you require a much later minor version of 600 or more --
> > it's arcane, but it seems to be how perl interprets that version
> > number).
>
> No, it seems pretty logical to me.
>
> putting a requirement of 5.6.0 does not generate any error.
>
>
> address@hidden:[~] $ perl -e 'require 5.6.0'
> address@hidden:[~] $ perl -e 'require 5.7.0'
> address@hidden:[~] $ perl -e 'require 5.8.0'
> address@hidden:[~] $ perl -e 'require 5.9.0'
> Perl v5.9.0 required--this is only v5.8.4, stopped at -e line 1.
Hmm. On my Ubuntu-8.04 box, I did:
$ perl -e 'require 5.8'
Perl v5.800.0 required (did you mean v5.008?)--this is only v5.8.8,
stopped at -e line 1.
which does seem arcane (to me). However:
$ perl -e 'require 5.8.0'
$ perl -e 'require 5.9.0'
Perl v5.9.0 required--this is only v5.8.8, stopped at -e line 1.
does match your experience. Sorry for any confusion.
Russ has already spotted the more likely cause of your problem.
--
Regards,
Keith.
- Why is this perl checking code not working for me?, Dr. David Kirkby, 2009/08/07
- Re: Why is this perl checking code not working for me?, Russ Allbery, 2009/08/07
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- Re: Why is this perl checking code not working for me?, Dr. David Kirkby, 2009/08/08
- Re: Why is this perl checking code not working for me?, Russ Allbery, 2009/08/08
- Re: Why is this perl checking code not working for me?, Dr. David Kirkby, 2009/08/08
- Re: Why is this perl checking code not working for me?, Dr. David Kirkby, 2009/08/08
- Re: Why is this perl checking code not working for me?, Russ Allbery, 2009/08/08
- Re: Why is this perl checking code not working for me?, Dr. David Kirkby, 2009/08/11
- Re: Why is this perl checking code not working for me?, Keith Marshall, 2009/08/11
- Re: Why is this perl checking code not working for me?, Dr. David Kirkby, 2009/08/11
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- Re: Why is this perl checking code not working for me?, Russ Allbery, 2009/08/11