[ic] RH9 & IC

[Mike Heins]

Quoting mnow (mnow at voyager.net):
> From: "Chet Pressler" <chet at pressler.com 
> <http://www.icdevgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/interchange-users>>
> To: <interchange-users at icdevgroup.org 
> <http://www.icdevgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/interchange-users>>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:15 PM
> Subject: [ic] IC 4.8.7 Redhat 9 AND perl 5.8.0
> 
> 
> >/ I just upgraded my machine to redhat 9.0 and get the "We're sorry
> />/ Interchange server unavailable" message. Is the recommendation here to
> /drop
> >/ back to perl5.6.1. Has anyone tried this yet and do we have some user
> />/ feedback on how to get IC to work under RH9
> />>>>/
> />Hi Chet,
> >The perl rpm that installs by default on 9.0 is thread enabled which is not
> >compatible with interchange you need to recompile perl with the thread
> >enabled set to 0 instead of 1.
> 
> >-Sam
> 
> Newbie queastion?
> How do I recompile the perl to disable the threads?

Just go to CPAN, get it, and read the README. It can be as simple
as:

	# tar xzf perl-5.8.0.tar.gz
	# cd perl-5.8.0
	# ./Configure -des && make test && make install

I am now recommending that people use a parallel Perl instead
of replacing Red Hat's perl in most cases, as a new Perl can
break some Red Hat configuration software. If it is a server
it should not be too big a deal, as most of the problems are with
the GUI config tools.

-- 
Mike Heins
Perusion -- Expert Interchange Consulting    http://www.perusion.com/
phone +1.513.523.7621      <mike at perusion.com>

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