Re: Perl module build+install process

2014-08-11 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Tom Molesworth skribis: > On 11 Aug 2014 21:37, "Ludovic Courtès" wrote: >> >> Tom Molesworth skribis: >> >> > Since Perl uses an include path, much like the $PATH environment > variable >> > for finding executables, this seems to imply that you'd need every > module >> > added to the Perl incl

Re: Perl module build+install process

2014-08-11 Thread Tom Molesworth
On 11 Aug 2014 21:37, "Ludovic Courtès" wrote: > > Tom Molesworth skribis: > > > Since Perl uses an include path, much like the $PATH environment variable > > for finding executables, this seems to imply that you'd need every module > > added to the Perl include path (via $PERL5LIB). This would q

Re: Perl module build+install process

2014-08-11 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Tom Molesworth skribis: > Since Perl uses an include path, much like the $PATH environment variable > for finding executables, this seems to imply that you'd need every module > added to the Perl include path (via $PERL5LIB). This would quickly become > unwieldy as more modules are installed. No

Perl module build+install process

2014-08-10 Thread Tom Molesworth
First, a quick disclaimer: I don't use guix myself, just passing on information which came up in discussion elsewhere A couple of months ago, someone reported having difficulty installing the Perl distribution "XML::SAX" using guix as a regular user. From a (very) brief inspection of the build pro