Back compatibility from v5.6.1 to v5.004_02

[kokoko12000]

Hi all,
I developed a project using Perl, v5.6.1. I found out that I need to make it work with Perl, version 5.004_02. I tried to compile my application using in v 5.004_02, ( was developed in v5.6.1), but I get lot of errors.
Can anyone give me any pointers/suggestions of how to approach this.

Thanks,
Vid.

 

[MikeLacey]

Vid,

What kinds of errors are you getting?

Mike

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[PaulTEG]

Vid,

If the software is developed on v5.6.1., how come you have to go back to 5.004_02? Was this a design contraint you were unaware of. If not and it's an after thought, ask for a new budget, and increase it because you're going to now have to manage two code bases, and have meetings with the sysadmins - This increase in costs when its levelled at the systems department will mean they'll probably upgrade the servers you're running on

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[kokoko12000]

HI,
thanks for ur replies. I developed this app. in v5.6.1 and one of our customers are using 5.004 and are niot willing to upgrade their Perl. So I have no other way to make it work in the v5.004.

Till now, I found some of the missing modules and included them.

But for the tests, I have written, the perl test programes are asking for Test.pm which is not present in v5.004. Even if I copy the file from v5.6.1, its giving an error. Do I need to reimplement the tests for v5.004.

 

[PaulTEG]

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