Re: [MacPerl] CGI.pm question

[Eric Schissel <schissel@lightlink.com>]

Thanks all for the very helpful information.

I would have included the error messages but felt, I think, that that wasn't
the point of my post- since I was operating under mistaken assumptions, I just
wanted to know how recent a version of CGI.pm I could use safely.  Thanks
again much for this information, which I will (attempt to) put into practice
along with the other information received.
-Eric Schissel

Paul Schinder wrote:

> At 5:06 PM -0500 2/18/00, Eric Schissel wrote:
> >I notice that the version of CGI.pm that comes with the MacPerl
> >distribution I have is 2.36, while Lincoln Stein is already up to 2.56 up
> >in CPAN. (Sorry if this has been asked before, but...) What is the most
> >recent version of CGI.pm that people have had success with (assuming that
> >it causes no problems to download CGI.pm.tar.gz, use suntar or similar and
> >macgzip to untar it, and replace the old version with the new?) 2.56
> >seemed to create many error messages just on loading, but I'm not
> >experienced with CGI, yet... I suspect it requires 5.005 anyway and intend
> >to find out. I suspect even worse that I didn't untar it properly...
> >*sigh*)
> >Mildly confused, but still interested in knowing what happens when people
> >load more recent versions of CGI.pm (yes, I kept the old one, of course,
> >in a very separate directory in case)-Eric Schissel
>
> If you're getting error messages, you've done something wrong.
> CGI.pm has worked under MacPerl for a long time, and does not require
> 5.005.  I suggest you use installme.plx, that comes with cpan-mac to
> install it, which will avoid a lot of problems.
>
> Next time yhou report a problem, don't just say you got "many error
> messages".  *Tell us* what the messages were.
>
> --
> Paul Schinder
> schinder@pobox.com


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