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@@ -26,11 +26,15 @@ install it under a different prefix from /usr/perl5. Common prefixes
to use are /usr/local and /opt/perl.
You may wish to put your version of perl in the PATH of all users by
-changing the link /usr/bin/perl. This is OK, as all perl scripts
-shipped with Solaris use an explicit path. Solaris ships with a
-range of Solaris-specific modules. If you choose to install your own
-version of perl you will find the source of many of these modules is
-available on CPAN under the Sun::Solaris:: namespace.
+changing the link /usr/bin/perl. This is probably OK, as most perl
+scripts shipped with Solaris use an explicit path. (There are a few
+exceptions, such as /usr/bin/rpm2cpio and /etc/rcm/scripts/README, but
+these are also sufficiently generic that the actual version of perl
+probably doesn't matter too much.)
+
+Solaris ships with a range of Solaris-specific modules. If you choose
+to install your own version of perl you will find the source of many of
+these modules is available on CPAN under the Sun::Solaris:: namespace.
Solaris may include two versions of perl, e.g. Solaris 9 includes
both 5.005_03 and 5.6.1. This is to provide stability across Solaris
@@ -590,7 +594,7 @@ L. If you use SUNWski, make a
symbolic link /dev/urandom pointing to /dev/random. For more details,
see Document ID27606 entitled "Differing /dev/random support requirements
within Solaris[TM] Operating Environments", available at
-http://support.sunsoft.com.
+http://sunsolve.sun.com .
It may be possible to use the Entropy Gathering Daemon (written in
Perl!), available from L.
@@ -684,7 +688,3 @@ drawing heavily on advice from Alan Burlison, Nick Ing-Simmons, Tim Bunce,
and many other Solaris users over the years.
Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to F.
-
-=head1 LAST MODIFIED
-
-$Id: README.solaris,v 1.4 2000/11/11 20:29:58 doughera Exp $