[auton-users] software on limey

[Pat Gunn]

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Jacob Joseph wrote:

> > 1. "perl" seems to be version 5.8.0, which breaks some of my code. How can
> > I run an earlier version? There seems to be a v5.6 lying around.
>
> I think I'd rather not go back to 5.6 simply out of the fear that it will mess
> up other parts of the system.  For example, every time we do an update, it
> will grab the latest perl unless we explicitly tell it not to.  Furthermore,
> any new systems running redhat, such as the coming athlons, are unlikely to
> have 5.6 at all.  Would it be better for you to upgrade all of the machines
> to 5.8 and fix the code to run on 5.8 instead?

If you like, just pipe your old perl scripts through me, and I'll
give them both a spring (well, winter) cleaning and make them
happy on 5.8. I'd love for us to have 5.8 everywhere, and will do
whatever I need, even using my spare time at home, to help make
that happen.

Another side note on limey...
limey:~$ uname -a
Linux limey.autonlab.org 2.4.21-pre1 #1 SMP Thu Dec 15 03:00:39 Local time zone must be set--see zic  alpha EV6  GNU/Linux
limey:~$

That's rather interesting, no? :)

-- 
Pat Gunn
Research Programmer, Auton Group, CMU