Sisyphus wrote: > From: "Veli-Pekka Tätilä" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > If lib and site lib both have > > the same package, which one takes priority in use? > With build 822, site/lib is searched first, then lib, then the cwd > However, the order is different for builds prior to 819 <snip> Ah I see, I've used these earlier builds before but have upgraded to this latest one when the announcement was posted.
> > Last but not least, how do I cleanly upgrade from one Active Perl > > release to the next without losing my current modules? > I think that simply installing over the top should be fine unless: > 1) You're updating to a version that's not binary-compatible with your > current version (eg updating from 5.6.x to 5.8.x); I updated from an earlier 5.8.8 release to this one. After having concluded that there were some problems, I uninstalled everything Perl, and did a clean install of the latest build. The problem I faced was that in earlier releases of Perl, language docs like perlref.html were in: C:\Perl\html\lib\Pod now they are in: C:\Perl\html\lib\pods Also, as you mention later on, before site had all kinds of less common modules in it, I assume those were the non-built-ins, but now site is empty after an initial install and everything is under lib. I like that. > 2) You're updating from pre-819 to 819 or later. ( I'm not exactly sure which build I had before. It was the one that was available since I installed this new machine. That is 14th of June, if I can rely on my WIndows folder's creation date. > I believe that if you try to update from pre-819 to 820 or later > you'll be warned that it's necessary to do a fresh install ... I didn't receive any warnings myself, or at least didn't notice. > I wouldn't be surprised if the problems you are facing are a result of > having (at some stage) updated from pre-819 to 819 or later, without making > any allowances for these changes .... Well, I did uninstall the old Perl first and removed the Perl folder yet still had these issues. I didn't check the registry for left overs. I'm assuming Perl is nice and places its stuff under current user, software, active state. > You might need to post to the ppm mailing list if you don't get satisfactory > help here. I'll consider subscribing. One thing I forgot to mention is that I used and still do PPM on the command line, since the graphical version still isn't fully screen reader accessible. Sorry about not being able to give exact step by step instructions for replicating this conflict, though. I could experiment with a clean Perl install and write down the exact steps if that would be of use. It takes about a quarter of an hour. -- With kind regards Veli-Pekka Tätilä ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Accessibility, game music, synthesizers and programming: http://www.student.oulu.fi/~vtatila _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
