[ic] Re: Perl with threads

[Stefan Hornburg]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:57:06 -0500
ftnx@ksbase.com (Kari Suomela) wrote:

> 
> Wednesday April 23 2003 08:18, Mike Heins wrote to All:
> 
>  MH> There are two recommended ways on Linux. Neither of them means
>  MH> removing the RPM -- you will find Perl is needed by a lot of
>  MH> other things.
> 
>  MH>   1. Replace the system perl.
> 
> I did that, but it seems to break other things, like using rpm to 
> install other pkgs, which expect to find the original Perl. Maybe I 
> missed something, but at the moment I am just lucky that I did it on a
> 
> test system.

Another alternative is to build a chroot system and install an
thread-disabled perl there. This would additionally enhance security
if only non-root daemons like Interchange running in the chroot
system. Debian supports chroot systems very good BTW.

Bye
	Racke