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Re: Perl packaging suggestion - vendor_perl
Hello Max,
>>> Would it be possible to package the extra modules included in the Cygwin
>>> perl package in the vendor_perl hierarchy?
>> Sure, this is obviously a good thing.
> Thanks! I look forward to 5.8.6 or whatever.
>>> This would leave the site_perl hierarchy clear for site additions, and
>>> allow site additions to be purged without affecting parts of the
>>> package.
>> More interesting is that you can install your own version which goes
>> to site_perl and overrides the distributed version in vendor_perl
>> which is last path in the search order.
> I've never understood that.
> It seems to me that "site, vendor, core" would be a better order - to allow
> core modules to be upgraded by a package. Or am I missing something?
IIRC, core modules are installed into the main path, replacing the old
version. And one should always use `UNINST=1` when installing modules
anyway (I have this as default in my CPAN config file).
Gerrit
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