Johnny Hughes schrieb: > On 05/23/2017 11:44 AM, hw wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> 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. > > As a side note, here is why RHEL (and therefore CentOS, since we rebuild > RHEL source code to create our base OS) has old software: > > https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/backporting > > If you just spent $5,000,000.00 on a new Point of Sales software for a > couple thousand stores, you might want to keep it in production for a > bit longer than 6 months on a linux install. You also would like to > make sure the system is secure, etc. > > There are 2 concepts for updating .. RHEL/CentOS provides a secure OS > that works for 10 years without major changes to ABI/API server related > systems .. other distros do updates every 6 months, etc. If you are > looking for latest and greatest/cutting edge type functionality .. > CentOS is likely not the OS you want. > > If you are looking for an OS that runs like you installed it for 10 > years and remains secure, then CentOS is the OS you want. The problem is that the expensive POS software doesn´t run on Centos because the perl version Centos uses is too old. It is so old that you don´t need to look for the greatest or latest software to run into problems; it suffices when you look for something that works. Since there is a recent perl version available, there has to be some way to use it.