[ic] Interchange OS ready

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> What is the latest working copy of interchange and OS combination?
> 
> In 4.8.7, the design page doesn't work period.
> In 4.8.6, it complains about the "do" function in the "field_settor"
> subroutine when you display or click on any item in the design page. When
> you click on the "+" sign, it breaks. The "field_settor" function in 4.8.7
> is different than that of 4.8.6. When I try to cut and paste 4.8.7's version
> on 4.8.6, I get the same behavior as if I'm running 4.8.7; i.e.: the design
> page breaks with a 500 error.
> Interchange was not designed for RedHat 8.0. Perl 5.8 is required on Redhat
> 8.0 and it causes a 500 error for every version 4.8.5-7
> Does anyone have it working complete without errors on RedHat 8 or 9? If so
> what version are you running?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> M

I'm also having problems with the newer IC on my Redhat 8 server and the 
idea of changing the stock perl doesn't really appeal to me. I set up a 
test server running Slackware 9.0. The very latest IC seems very happy 
on that box.

Using a stock install of Slackware 9.0, the IC install went flawlessly 
and the test catalogs run great. A perl-ectomy on Slackware would be 
simple, but it is not even needed because the perl is not non threaded 
by default.

Not to start a distro war, but to me Slackware is much more flexible. 
And now that there's an "up2date" type utility for Slackware (called 
swaret), I have made the decision to migrate.

DB