> OldGuyPerlerInTraining bows his head Python.... *eeew* *shudder* Java..... *BIGGER EEEW* *BIGGER SHUDDER*
> heads up warning for you alan - I had to go back and do > a rebuild of perl from the CPAN source since the RedHat 7.2 > default install of perl was built small. > > I need to deal with files bigger than 2-gig - hence > had to rebuild using the USE_LARGE_FILE flag. > > If you wind up in the case where > > if ( -f $file_over_2_gig ) > > 'fails' - then you have to rebuild perl itself. Thanks for the tip - but I doubt I shall be using files bigger than 2Gig. > > [..] >> I compiled Tk, and copied it to ~/lib/perl5/ > > isn't there an installer flag to make that allows alternative > installations??? Yes - but I didn't think of that when I was doing it. It probably would have taken longer anyhow. Ta for the help. A. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
