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Subject: Re: Perl 5
From: ft @ amber . baltic . de (Frank Tegtmeyer)
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 1994 18:51:26 +0100 (MET)
To: akosut @ nueva . pvt . k12 . ca . us (Alexei Kosut)
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.91.941202174155.14037A-100000@nueva1.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us> from "Alexei Kosut" at Dec 2, 94 05:46:46 pm


> I'm thinking of upgrading to perl 5, and I'm wondering if I will encounter
> any problems, or will it still work? The perl FAQ states that perl 5's
> "compatibility with previous releases is very high" but I was wondering
> how majordomo fares in this respect.

I tested it on Linux 1.0.9 with Perl 5.000 and all run fine (except the
places where '@' is used in a string). I simply grepped all sources
and got no problems. This installation was for tests only, the real thing
runs under Perl 4.036 on another Linux machine. I tested subscribe,
unsubscribe, archiving, request-address and mails to the list. May be there
are some problems in other commands.

Frank.


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