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By default it seems NixOS ships with perl version 32:

➜ perl --version

This is perl 5, version 32, subversion 1 (v5.32.1) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi

search.nixos.org/packages lists the perl package at version 5.34.0. However, when I try to include that package, perl still reports version 5.32:

➜ nix-shell -p perl
➜ perl --version

This is perl 5, version 32, subversion 1 (v5.32.1) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi

Am I understanding the package version wrong or am I loading the perl package incorrectly?

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The search lists perl 5.34 for 21.11, 21.05 though is perl 5.32.

Which channel are you on?

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… 21.05 :frowning:

I just updated to 21.11 and perl is reporting the expected version. Thank you!

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