perl 5.6 needed?

[Mohamed M. Abbas]

On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 17:50, Nick Phillips wrote:
> On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 10:24:36PM +0200, Jos Lemmerling wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I'm trying to install Mailscanner on an Debian Stable server, and i cannot
> > install Perl 5.6.  Is Perl 5.6 really needed? Or can i use Perl
> > 5.0 also (with all the broken dependecies, than)?
> >
> > It seems to be a problem with Debian; Perl could only be upgraded with a
> > dist-upgrade(?).... I've read a post in the archive from Nick Phillips
> > about the installation of MailScanner on a Debian Stable Box (installing
> > libmime-perl and libio-stringy-perl), but i can't find out how to install
> > Perl 5.6 . If it's needed, anyway...
>
> Perl 5.6 definitely *not* wanted by mailscanner... you may need it for
> spamassassin, though.
>

You seem to emphasize that Perl 5.6 is not wanted by mailscanner. Does
Perl 5.6 slow things down for mailscanner?


> Cheers,
>
>
> Nick
> --
> Nick Phillips -- nwp at lemon-computing.com
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>

Mohamed M. Abbas
mmabbas at longwood.edu