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Re: Perl packaging suggestion - vendor_perl


Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Hallo Max,
>
> Am Donnerstag, 12. August 2004 um 00:47 schriebst du:
>
>> 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?

Max.


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