[csw-maintainers] Perl experts wanted: Possible to update Storable.pm (core module)?

[Mike Watters]

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Ben Walton wrote:
> Excerpts from Sebastian Kayser's message of Wed Jun 17 19:45:28 -0400 2009:
>> our perl 5.8.8 contains Storable.pm 2.15 as a core module. Now i would
>> like to package POE [1] which requires Storable.pm >= 2.16. What would
>> be the options to deliver a Storable.pm >= 2.16 that POE can use?

if moving to 5.10.0 is not possible.

It is technically be possible to replace the Storable.pm in core with a "new"
version.
I don't know what the policy would be on this, but you would need a
"pre-install" that does a backup of the existing files. and a post-remove that
puts them all back -- only if the core perl package has "not" been removed.

this may be more hassle then hacking @INC




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Thanks,
Mike

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent.  It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage --
to move in the opposite direction."

* Albert Einstein 1879 - 1955
    US German-born Theoretical Physicist

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