[ic] 4.6.5 - ./configure bug re: perl detection...

Ed LaFrance interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
Thu May 24 16:33:01 2001


At 01:02 PM 05/24/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>I was starting a fresh install of 4.6.5 on a development machine today, and
>noticed the following:
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>$ ./configure
>[VERSION & LICENSE INFO SNIPPED]
>
>Found Perl 5.006 as /usr/bin/perl
>
>If you get a CPAN error, rerun the configuration and it
>should go away.
>
>Checking if your kit is complete...
>Looks good
>
>  Interchange V4.6.5
>
>   Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Akopia, Inc. <info@akopia.com>
>
>  Interchange is free under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
>
>[NORMAL INSTALL FOLLOWS]
>
>---------------------------------------------------
>
>Notice that it said Perl 5.006 is at /usr/bin/perl.. This is incorrect:
>
>$ /usr/bin/perl -version
>
>This is perl, v5.6.0 built for i686-linux
>
>Copyright 1987-2000, Larry Wall
>
>...
>
>This threw me for a loop for a second, before I verified that I indeed have
>perl 5.6 installed...

It is just two different ways of expressing the same version, I think; try 
perl -V (note uppercase V) at the command line and you will see what I mean.

- Ed L.



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