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 -- =^..^= -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
