> something.  Didn't you use to be able to find individual modules for
> download on CPAN without having to download an entire version of Perl?

search.cpan.org, look on LHS.

> I'm specifically looking for the Fcntl, POSIX, and Socket modules,
> but it appears that you can only get those modules through downloading
> Perl 5.6.

Correct, they are standard modules - apparently not available any other
way... I presume so that you know the standard ones are working for a
given version of perl.

You *could* download Perl 5.6, and transplant them... and fix the minor
problem that OO wasn't properly implemented until 5.005_03.  Honestly,
upgrade to 5.6 something, or even 5.8 (is it out yet?) - even if you
have to do paperwork, 5.004 is a largely unsupported version now and
most modules require 5.005 or higher.

You will get several security fixes into the bargain, if I remember
correctly (read that someplace, not be using Perl *that* long :)

Jonathan Paton

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