Re: Perl4 to Perl5.6.1 up gradation.

[Brent Michalski]

Wow, first off let me say that it is SCARY that you are using Perl4 in a
production environment!  Perl 4 is VERY old and has many bugs/holes that
have been fixed in the past few YEARS!

Perl 4 was released over 10 years ago!! And Perl 5 was released 7 years
ago!

You will most likely run into issues since so much has changed in the past
7+ years.  My advice is to take the upgrade slowly.  Don't give up though,
the upgrade you propose should have been done years ago - so be persistent!

Good luck!
Brent





                                                                                       
                                          
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Hi,

Currently we have Perl4 installed in our Environment, We are planning to
upgrade to Active state Perl 5.6.1.(626).


1. what are the precautionary measure we have to take before upgrade?
2. Whether the Perl4 programs work in Perl5.6.1?.
3. How will we set the environment variables?
4. Is this version is binary compatible?

Commands related to  up-gradation and difference between Perl4 and
Perl5.6.1
are welcome.

Thanks.