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• Boog ? (Score:2)

  by rafael (2125)

  If sh Configure -Dprefix=/my/perl doesn't install everything under /my/perl, that's a bug, please perlbug it. I use this option often, installing perl as a non-root user (for paranoid reasons). Moreover, in the company I work for, I've standardized our product-supplied perl to be installed under an ad-hoc location, to avoid conflicts with the OS's supplied perl (we have to be very portable across different Unices).
  • Re:Boog ? (Score:1)

    by sungo (640)

    the problem i've had with 5.8 in particular is that the darwin hints use prefix for a couple of paths but make up other paths along the way. so the binary ends up in /opt/magicpants/bin but the modules still end up in /Library/Perl or whereever. getting perl to install by itself someplace where it wont touch the stock 5.6.0 that comes with os was a nightmare.
    
    this is why i have a tarball of that build that i carry around so i never have to do that again.
    
    for a contrast there, Configure on linux uses prefi
    • Re:Boog ? (Score:2)

      by gnat (29) on 2003.04.29 19:42 (#19594) Journal

      Yes, that's exactly the problem I was talking about with 5.8.0--randomly stuffing shit into /Library is very uncool. I too saved my build, but as a .pkg.dmg [torkington.com].

      --Nat

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      • Re:Boog ? (Score:2)

        by pudge (1)

        I just comment out a few lines in the darwin hints file. Works wunderbarly. But yes, perl should allow overriding of the hints file.