On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 08:07:45AM +0200, demerphq wrote:
> On 6/20/06, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 02:32:10PM +0200, demerphq wrote:
> >> On 6/19/06, Ron Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 22:02:16 -0500, Ken Williams wrote:
> >> >
> >> >Hi Ken
> >> >
> >> >>> When Module::Build is a core module will it still live in /perl/
> >> >>> site/lib/Module/ or will it move to /perl/lib/Module/?
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> You're talking about under Win32, right?  I believe it will live in
> >> >
> >> >Yes, in this case, Windows.
> >> >
> >> >> / perl/lib/Module, along with all the other core modules.
> >> >
> >> >That's what I'd assumed.
> >> >
> >> >> M::B isn't planned to be core for any perl 5.8.x version, though.
> >> >> It's in 5.9.x now, which is blead for 5.10.
> >> >
> >> >Sure.
> >> >
> >> >> Maybe there's some general UNINST-like mechanism for eliminating
> >> >> duplicate modules in people's installations when some CPAN module
> >> >> goes core?  I've never heard of this problem, nor its assumed
> >> >> solution, before, though.
> >> >
> >> >I guess if it comes pre-installed in a new Perl, it'll always be in
> >> >/perl/lib/Module, and never install itself into /perl/site/lib/Module, 
> >so
> >> >the
> >> >question is moot, right (he said hopefully)?
> >>
> >> Nope. If you upgrade it should go in to site/lib, meaning you have to
> >> use UNINST=1 if you upgrade.
> >>
> >> At least thats what happens with things like Data::Dumper
> >
> >If so, that's a bug in Data-Dumper; dual-lived modules should set
> >installdir to perl if being installed for a perl version on which
> >they are in the core.
> 
> I dont really agree. If an module is found in site/lib then I know
> that its been installed locally. When its a "core" module then i know
> that the "approved" release version from that perl has been changed.
> Which is useful information.

Then you would specify INSTALLDIRS=site.  Most packaging systems would
also want to do so (or use =vendor).  But the default is supposed to
be updating the core-supplied version.

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