An update for those interested in running ActivePerl 5.6 on NT:
- First, it *is* possible. :^)
- You are limited to Blowfish_PP for encryption at this time
- If you stick with 522, you're limited to DES for encryption
at least until tomorrow...
The requirements are outlined in the NT HOWTO at
http://www.atlcon.net/opensrs/nt-howto.htm which has been extensively
updated to match the client V2.0.1 and to account for the differences
between ActivePerl 522 and ActivePerl 5.6.
My optimism earlier this evening was a bit...well...optimistic. Turns out
that what appeared to be a simple fix to the Crypt-DES module problem was
only a cheat to make Perl install the module. Once installed, it would
crash each time you tried to run it. But I did manage to get Blowfish_PP
working properly under ActivePerl 5.6, and have posted a PPM-installable
version on my website. Sometime tomorrow I'll post Blowfish_PP for
ActivePerl 522 in case you want to upgrade to Blowfish encryption.
Regards,
Eric Longman
Atl-Connect Internet Services
----- Original Message -----
From: "WebWiz" <webwiz@atlcon.net>
To: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: BSD, NT Linux and 2.0a
"Bob Martin" wrote:
>>
>> In the last week, I have completed installations on WindowsNT,
>> FreeBSD, and RedHat Linux 6.1.
>>
>> On the NT box, the documentation provided at
>> http://www.atlcon.net/opensrs/nt-howto.htm was extremely
>> helpful, and well written.
>>
>> We went with ActivePerl 522 (http://www.activestate.com)
>> rather than the latest version, and pretty much followed
>> the instructions provided in the howto.
<snip>
As the author of the NT HOWTO document, let me first thank you for your kind
words. I am glad to hear it was helpful.
A comment on the use of ActivePerl 522 versus 5.6 (the newest version):
When ActiveState released 5.6 a few weeks ago, I found that the Crypt-DES
and Crypt-CBC modules that I had prepared for download would not install on
the newer version. At the time, I posted a warning about using 5.6 and
recommended that RSPs instead stick with the tried-and-true 522 release.
Just today I identified the change in 5.6 that caused it to be unable to
install the modules, and I have have revised the HOWTO document with
instructions for installing under EITHER 522 or 5.6.
Caveat Emptor: I have successfully installed the modules on 5.6, but I have
not yet tested OpenSRS end-to-end under 5.6 (I'm working on that right now).
I will post another message once I've verified that everything works
properly under ActivePerl 5.6, but the prognosis is good that we'll be able
to use the most current release.
Regards,
Eric Longman
Atl-Connect Internet Services
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