Perl 5.006 and Actinic 6.1.4

[peteh1]

Hi

My ISP (Demon internet) only support Perl 5.004

I read on the Actinic download page that:

'Actinic 6.1.4 requires Perl version 5.006 or higher installed on your web server in order for the online store to work correctly'

Actinic go on to say:

'If your Perl version is less than 5.006, you should contact Actinic support before upgrading'

which implies to me there may be a workaround.

Does anyone know if there is a way 6.1.4 can be used with Perl 5.004 ??

Any info will be appreciated.

Regards

Peter

[I-CC]

Speaking to Actinic before upgrading would suggest that they are saying this if you are going from an older version of Actinic Catalog/Business to a newer version, which inturn requires the new perl scripts to be operational on the hosting server.

See if your hosts have a newer version of perl on the server in a different location maybe, as some have differing versions to cover certain eventualities, although only an idea...

[rmladden]

I think that Perl 5.004 dates back to 1997. They won't get a more current version? Perl 5.006 is at least three years old.

[peteh1]

Thanks for your replies guys.

I contacted Demon yesterday and they do indeed support Perl up to version 5.8.0

I have now changed my Catalog script settings to use Perl 5.8 and it works fine with my current version of Catalog (v6.1.2). I will be upgrading to v6.1.4 soon.

- it's just that Demon's online documentation does not mention that newer versions of Perl are available for use on their servers. I guess they need to update their docs.

Thanks

Peter

[NormanRouxel]

Peter,

I've a 6.1.3 site on Demon (Showroom) so was listening in. You'r info above just save me from finishing the lillte scriptlet i was cooking up to return the true Perl vession.

Anyway, did you have to make any changes in Network Setup (regarding Perl) to go from 6.1.3 to 6.1.4?

Norman

[peteh1]

Hi Norman

This is the mail I got back fom Demon:

START-----------
I can tell you that there are several versions of perl on the
server. Below is a lit of the version and how to call them.

#!/bin/perl -> 4.036
#!/bin/perl5 -> 5.004_04
#!/bin/perl5.6.0 -> 5.6.0
#!/bin/perl5.8.0 -> 5.8.0

FINISH---------------------

I wrote a test script to output the perl version (with #!/bin/perl5.8.0 on line 1) and it reported that the version was indeed 5.8.0

In Actinic catalog I changed the path of the perl installation for my hosting server (in Network Settings) to:

/bin/perl5.8.0

I then regenerated the Actinic scripts (in Tools?) and all the Perl script (*.pl) and module (*.pm) headers were automatically changed to #!/bin/perl5.8.0

I then refreshed my website (running Actinic 6.1.2) and it worked without error.

NOTE: The only strange thing I noted was that when I did a
"Help->Troubleshooting->Web Site Analysis" it reported the perl version was "5.008"

I think this is a reporting error by the Web Site Analysis tool.
- Any comments ???

Regards

Peter

[I-CC]

I think that v 5.008 make more sense than 5.8 to be honest

[cdicken]

Most web hosts I come across have either 5.006 or 5.008 installed.

I don't suppose it really matters anyway as Actinic will work fine with your server now.

[peteh1]

Hi Guys

I disagree - if the perl scripts are configured for Perl 5.8.0, the web analysis tool should say '5.8.0' not '5.008'

To support this argument, the test script I wrote which merely does a "perl -v" outputs:

"Version: This is perl, v5.8.0 built for sun4-solaris Copyright 1987-2002, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page. "

This is not a big deal I know, but thanks for all your help guys.

Cheers

Peter