* Eric Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-10-02T20:18:46] > # from Ben Morrow > # on Thursday 02 October 2008: > > >Being able to install latest.pm[1] and use an installed version > > doesn't help, though. If there's a bug in the section of latest.pm > > that tries to locate the installed copy of itself and use it instead, > > you *still* can't fix it. And since that is the entire functionality > > of latest.pm, there won't ever be any bugs you can fix by installing > > a fixed version. > > That's not what latest.pm does. The caller is expected to setup the > @INC correctly for "use latest" -- *then* latest::import() figures out > where the __THING YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO LOAD__ is. > > Is that clear? Or, you could just read the code:
That's what it would do if it was going to use a newer installed version, which is what was being discussed. There's no yell or imply that anyone is not paying attention. -- rjbs
