>>>>> "MM" == Mike McClain <mike.j...@cox.net> writes:
MM> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 01:36:33AM -0400, shawn wilson wrote: >> On Sep 23, 2011 1:00 AM, "Mike McClain" <mike.j...@cox.net> wrote: >> > >> > On my system @INC doesn't include /usr/share/perl/5.8.8/ >> > even though there are nearly 1000 files there. >> > Can anybody tell me where @INC is set. >> > >> >> Compile time IIRC. Where did that perl come from? Ie, if its from a package >> manager, which one and what's the package version? What linux distribution >> version are you on? MM> Debian etch, package: perl_5.8.8-7_i386 >> Either way, I suggest perlbree but you'll run ok either way. MM> I assume you meant perlbrew since a google of perlbree only MM> returned perlbrew. >> > mike@/deb40a:~/perl> perl -v >> > This is perl, v5.8.8 built for i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi >> > MM> Actually, as usual, the problem turned out to be 'operator malfunction'. MM> There is /usr/share/perl/5.8/ which is a link to /usr/share/perl/5.8.8/ MM> but I didn't realize it and used File::Find without setting the 'follow' MM> flag in a routine to build a data base of perl routines and the file and MM> line where defined. you also misstated the problem. you said perl doesn't have /usr/share/perl/5.8.8/ in @INC. did you ever verify that with perl -V? if that was your main dir for holding modules and perl couldn't see it, nothing would be loaded. if you had said File::Find can see files in there but perl could, then someone would have asked about a symlink and pointed you to the follow option. this is a lesson to all about proper stating of the problem. that is half the solution to any problem. when confronted by this you first make sure perl sees the modules but your code doesn't. that eliminates the whole issue of @INC and how it is set. that was the X part of an XY problem. you thought the problem was X (not being in @INC) but it was Y (follow not set and a File::Find issue). uri -- Uri Guttman -- uri AT perlhunter DOT com --- http://www.perlhunter.com -- ------------ Perl Developer Recruiting and Placement Services ------------- ----- Perl Code Review, Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
