thanks again i did something similar with that lwp-head before i read your reply, but somewhat more stupid: rm HEAD (!) in fact i have now tested mod_perl with only "ok"s and "skipped on this platform"s and installed as well with no complaints whatsoever. so i guess im almost there (im posting other queries just after this) allan Ken Williams wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (allan) wrote: > >one thing: i have discovered that another problem i have had since > >upgrading to perl 5.6.1 might be interfering with the one in this topic > >(im not sure though - it is concerning setenv) > > > >look at this new fresh terminal window: > > > >[localhost:~] aju% which head > >/usr/local/bin/head > >[localhost:~] aju% which HEAD > >/usr/bin/HEAD > >[localhost:~] aju% setenv LC_ALL C > >[localhost:~] aju% setenv LANG "en_US" > >[localhost:~] aju% which head > >/usr/bin/head > >[localhost:~] aju% which HEAD > >/usr/local/bin/HEAD > > Criminy! I don't understand this one bit. But if you do: > > cd /usr/local/bin > mv HEAD LWP-HEAD > > then you should have it out of the way for good. At least until you try > to upgrade LWP. =)