Comparing Perl v5.10 to v5.32

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Comparing Perl v5.10 to v5.32

csdude55

2:32 am on Dec 21, 2020 (gmt 0)

Is there any major reason to NOT update from 5.10 to 5.32?

My old VPS is using 5.10, and the new VPS is using 5.16. But I just discovered that I can't install at least one module (File::Copy) because the current version requires 5.32. So I either need to update to 5.32 and hope that all of my Perl scripts work just fine, or maybe copy the module from the old server and use use lib '/home/example/modules'; to import the old version.

What do you think?

phranque

3:21 am on Dec 21, 2020 (gmt 0)

you need to look at the Incompatible Changes section of the "what is new for perl v5.xx.0" documents for each version:
5.32 vs 5.30 [perldoc.perl.org]
5.30 vs 5.28 [perldoc.perl.org]
...
5.14 vs 5.12 [perldoc.perl.org]
5.12 vs 5.10 [perldoc.perl.org]

csdude55

5:03 am on Dec 21, 2020 (gmt 0)

Man, it's gonna take me a week to read through all of those :'-) I was hoping to make a decision tonight, but just reading 5.10-5.14 has made my eyes go crossed and my hair is sticking up.

I figured out how to install the older version of File::Copy, though, so hopefully I can avoid this headache until my other 2 or 3 headaches are finished :-P