Re: [SLUG] How to add /usr/local/lib/perl/5.6.1/ to the perl @INC array in Debian

[Jacinta Richardson <jarich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Lake wrote:

> I have a server with some CPAN modules in /usr/local/lib/perl/5.6.1/
> perl is now 5.8 and is not finding the scripts in 5.6 An upgrade 
> occurred weeks ago so I dont know why this has occurrred just today or 
> maybe yesterday.

Perl 5.8 is not binary compatible with Perl 5.6.1 (see more in perldoc 
perl58delta, or over here http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/perl58delta1.html )

As a result, many modules will need to be recompiled and installed to work under 
5.8.

Most Pure Perl modules should continue to work well.

> I probably need to add /usr/local/lib/perl/5.6.1/ to the @INC array

Because of the binary incompatibilities this may not solve your problem.


Once this issue was brought up the convention became to put Perl Perl 
(distribution irrelevant) modules in /usr/local/lib/site_perl and modules with C 
or other binary components in perl/version/

All the best,

    Jacinta

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