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Perl in AL2023 - Amazon Linux 2023
Perl modules

Perl in AL2023

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AL2023 provides version 5.32 of the Perl programming language.

Although Perl has provided a high degree of language compatibility as part of Perl 5 releases over the past decades, Amazon Linux is not expected to move from Perl 5.32 during the AL2023 release. Amazon Linux will continue to security patch Perl for the lifetime of AL2023 in accordance with our package support statements.

Perl modules in AL2023

Various Perl modules are packaged as RPMs in AL2023. Although there are many Perl modules available as RPMs, Amazon Linux does not aim to package every possible Perl module. Modules packaged as RPMs might be relied upon by other operating system RPM packages, so Amazon Linux will prioritize those security patches over pure feature updates.

AL2023 also includes CPAN so that Perl developers can use the idiomatic package manager for Perl modules.

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