[CentOS] more recent perl version?

Fri Jun 2 11:54:14 UTC 2017
Nikolaos Milas <nmilas at noa.gr>

On 2/6/2017 2:05 μμ, hw wrote:

> That´s a good thing, though it can be difficult to run systems
> using ancient software. 

You may want to check the following paradigm (from another open source 
perl-based application) to create a Perl environment within your system, 
avoiding to tamper with it:

    https://metacpan.org/pod/App::Netdisco#Installation

We are running it in production for years and has been great in 
maintenance and operation (despite my initial fears).

Alternatively, you can use a container. See for example:

    https://linuxcontainers.org/
    http://www.itzgeek.com/how-tos/linux/centos-how-tos/setup-linux-container-with-lxc-on-centos-7-rhel-7.html
    http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=1034720

Cheers,
Nick