rbistolfi has packaged an updated version of lua for VL 5.9.
Package: lua-5.1.4-i586-1vl59.tlz
MD5: e430a99ca1f3336aed0aa31d10e2b838
Package Size: 106K
Installed Size: 490K
Sources:
http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-5.9/source/testing/dev/lualua: lua (a powerful, fast, light-weight, embeddable scripting language.)
lua:
lua: Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description
lua: constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua
lua: is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-
lua: based virtual machine, and has automatic memory management with
lua: incremental garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration,
lua: scripting, and rapid prototyping.
lua: License: http://www.lua.org/license.html
lua: Authors: http://www.lua.org/authors.html
lua: Website: http://www.lua.org/
After testing this package, please take a moment and come back to this thread to let us know how it works for you.