On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 06:58:46PM +0200, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .
> [guillaume@silbermann guillaume]$ perl -e 'foreach $path (@INC) { print
> "$path\n" } '
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0
> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
> .
BTW you are familiar with perl -V, saves you from having to write a
program to see what's in @INC. :)
> 1) what is this strange 5.6.1 remnant ?
Kept for compatability so that upgraded systems don't have all their
installed modules stop functioning. For example if someone installs a
module by hand and not through an RPM so it doesn't get upgraded.
> 2) why is '.' at the last place ? it should first in first place, to allow
> easy override of system modules
This is standard in Perl... If you want to override modules you probably
ought to be "subclassing" them or modifying your @INC.
> 3) what's the use of /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl, now that every mdk package
> installs in /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
To separate user installed modules like those done with CPAN. This
should keep modules being tracked by RPM from being overwritten by
hand...
> 4) should also /usr/local/lip/perl5 be included ?
Unlikely... modules will install automatically in /usr/lib/perl5...
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