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Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:26:58 +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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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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