[users@httpd] Updating Perl and Apache

["michael watson (IAH-C)" <mi...@bbsrc.ac.uk>]

Hi

First off, apologies for the cross-list post, but it is relevant to
both.

I am running Suse Linux 8.2, which comes with perl 5.8.0 and apache
1.3.27 as standard.  I also have mod_perl installed.

I want to know how to upgrade my version of perl without breaking
everything else.  I downloaded and ran a perl rpm for version 5.8.1:

% rpm -U perl-5.8.1-51.i586.rpm

That worked fine, and now I have /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.1/ directory instead
of /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/

The only thing is, now that I try to start apache:

% apachectl start
Error while loading shared libraries: libperl.so: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory

Now clearly what has happened is that installing the new version of perl
has moved something, and now apache can no longer find it.

SO, what I want to know is: is there a recipe for safely and securely
upgrading my version of perl WITHOUT breaking anything?

Many thanks in advance for your help

Mick

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