On Wed, 24 May 2017, hw wrote: > Paul Heinlein schrieb: >> On Tue, 23 May 2017, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> >> > hw wrote: >> > > >> > > are there packages replacing the ancient perl version in >> > > Centos 7 with a more recent one, like 5.24? At least the >> > > state feature is required. >> >> Perl 5.24 is available in SCL, in the centos-sclo-rh repository. >> > Thanks, I tried rh-perl, and it worked for a test. It does not > replace the existing perl installation. You have to explicitly use > that version. Not replacing the existing system Perl is a feature, not a bug. It allows the 'Enterprise' side of CentOS to keep going with no unexpected surprises. > I?m not sure if that?s possible for CGI. I do get 5.24 after > running 'scl enable rh-perl524 bash'. Is there a way to get that > for CGI? It all depends on how you launch your CGI, but in general there shouldn't be a problem beginning your script with #!/opt/rh/.../perl -- Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/