[CentOS] perl 5.8.5-36.el4_5.2

Wed Nov 14 10:06:19 UTC 2007
Tom <admin at homemachine.net>


Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> Tom wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Since upgrading to perl 5.8.5-36.el4_5.2 I have had no end of problems, 
>> starting with needing compress::zlib which I got from rpmforge, then I had 
>> to reinstall scalar::util to get mailscanner working but now I can't 
>> install or upgrade any perl modules.
>> Has anyone else had problems or can someone tell me what I've done wrong 
>> please?
> 
> The Compress::Zlib problem has been fixed in rpmforge, but yes, the
> package was broken.
> 
> What do you mean exactly with "cannot install or upgrade any perl
> modules"? Can you give us an error message?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ralph

Yes... below


The most recent version "3.24" of the module "Text::ParseWords"
is part of the perl-5.8.8 distribution. To install that, you need to run
   force install Text::ParseWords   --or--
   install N/NW/NWCLARK/perl-5.8.8.tar.gz
The most recent version "3.24" of the module "Text::ParseWords"
is part of the perl-5.8.8 distribution. To install that, you need to run
   force install Text::ParseWords   --or--
   install N/NW/NWCLARK/perl-5.8.8.tar.gz