Michael Stone wrote: > Quoting Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Before this screwup I didn't realize that most but not all modules are > > placed in /usr/lib/perl5/$version/$arch-linux/$dir while plain > > /usr/lib/per5 would be sufficient, too. We should have made it > > policy that modules have to omit the versioned directory where it is > > possible. > > Except that this isn't what's happening; the new perl is ignoring > /usr/lib/perl5. (E.g., I couldn't install netstd the other day because
That's the main cause of this thread... > it couldn't find DebianNet.pm--which is in /usr/lib/perl5--until I put a > symlink in /usr/lib/perl5/5.005. Can someone give a concise explanation > of the rationale behind that? I can't but s/o said that PERL5LIB=/usr/lib/perl5 would help. I haven't tried. I have copied the missing modules into /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 since I had to put the machine back online *quick*. Regards, Joey -- The only stupid question is the unasked one.