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Date:	Thu, 12 Aug 2004 02:47:34 +0200
From:	"Gerrit P. Haase" <gp AT familiehaase DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: Perl packaging suggestion - vendor_perl
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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.

> 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.


Gerrit
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