At 01:14 PM 4/10/2002 -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote: >> OK, there is a perl_root:[lib.site_perl] (from sitelib or installsitelib), >> so siteprefix should be perl_root:[lib] ? > > siteprefix perl_root > sitelib perl_root:[lib.site_perl] > >read as "the sitelib is [lib.site_perl] under the siteprefix". The >idea being you can change the siteprefix and still have something >sensible.
OK. >> > sitebin == siteprefix + directory where binary programs from CPAN >> > modules should go. >> >> installbin is currently just perl_root:[000000]. We should probably make >> sitebin the same as sitearch (sitearch='perl_root:[lib.site_perl.VMS_AXP]') >> for those rare installations where a VAX and an Alpha share an installation >> directory tree. > >Err... you sure you want to install programs into lib/site_perl/VMS_AXP? No, I'm not sure, but I still don't quite get what this is or why I would want it. Is it common to have "binary programs from CPAN modules"? Would that be like someone having a module that requires a custom version of gzip and needing to know a place the installation can put it? If I specify sitebin as perl_root:[bin.VMS_AXP], will the mmk install create those directories if they don't exist?
