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| author | Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> | 2002-04-23 12:21:26 -0400 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2002-04-23 23:45:41 +0000 |
| commit | 14eee2f176c01921f858020562d3814fbbde603c (patch) | |
| tree | aebad2851e018e2484dd68e621cc69af83c19cae /INSTALL | |
| parent | 6cc60dfb2a8776ed38cabadaa23ec442bec7ba81 (diff) | |
| download | perl-14eee2f176c01921f858020562d3814fbbde603c.tar.gz | |
Re: binary compatibility
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@@ -2096,6 +2096,9 @@ approach. =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl5 +Perl 5.8 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl. +In other words, you have to recompile your XS modules. + In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one version of Perl (e.g. 5.004_04) to another similar version (e.g. 5.004_05) without re-compiling all of your add-on extensions. You can also safely leave the old version |