On Feb 24, 2007, at 7:54 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
It is version 1.77. The version provided by the p5-math-bigint port is 1.73 only. Is there a reason to keep such a port that is not up-to-date and that will never be used because perl first selects the modules distributed with the perl5 port?
A module can explicitly load the non-core module.
BTW, the latest version of Math::BigInt on CPAN is 1.79.
There probably isn't a reason to have the older one in the tree (but there could be a reason to have the newer one available).
Shouldn't perl5 be upgraded?
I'm not sure what you mean, there's no perl5 port. The perl5.8 port is for the latest stable perl release 5.8.8. -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- dluke@geeklair.net ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+