Re: syntax err in Simple.pm ?

Otis Gospodnetic (otisg@panther.middlebury.edu)
Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:11:01 -0400 (EDT) 

> > syntax error at /home/its/otisg/lib/perl5/site_perl/HTTP/Status.pm line 140,
> > near "sub status_message ("
> > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> > /home/its/otisg/lib/perl5/site_perl/LWP/Simple.pm line 138.
> 
> This is because of the new prototype facilities added to recent
> versions of perl, i.e. you will need perl5.002 or better to use the
> latest version of libwww-perl.

well, I do have the latest perl:

panther:~>perl -v

This is perl, version 5.003 with EMBED
        built under aix at Jul 20 1996 17:12:27
        + suidperl security patch

Copyright 1987-1996, 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 5.0 source kit.


Is there something else that I'm missing ?

Otis