[geeks] perl question

[David Cantrell]

On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 10:30:28AM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
> Okay.  I've got Perl 5.6.1 installed.  However, I'm trying to compile
> mod_perl as a DSO, and it tells me this:
> 
> ************* ERROR *************
> 
>    *) Rebuild Perl without malloc pollution (Configure -Ubincompat5005)
> 
> ************* ERROR *************
> 
> Question is, can I recompile Perl with the -Ubincompat5005 and *not* lose
> all the modules that I've already installed?

"It depends".

Most modules don't use any external libraries, so will be OK.  Those which
do use external C libraries may break.  However, the majority of such
modules, at least on my system, are ones which are part of the standard
perl distribution anyway, so they should get re-built for you along with
perl itself.

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