Hmmm... OK... Currently we get the fink directory into @INC by putting /sw/lib/perl5 into PERL5LIB. I suppose another possible implementation here would be to include both /sw/lib/perl5 and /sw/lib/perl5/darwin in PERL5LIB...
(Rebuilding perl for fink users isn't really a good option, if I understood your suggestion correctly...) -- Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: > >>>>> "David" == David R Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > David> My symlink strategy would only apply to non-XS modules. For XS modules, > David> we make separate fink packages for each version, and properly store > David> things in /sw/lib/perl5/5.x.y . > > David> But for non-XS modules, > > And for non-XS modules, there's a non-XS entry in the @INC. > > David> it shouldn't matter which version of perl is > David> running it, right? (as long as the module doesn't explicitly require > David> a more recent version of perl than the one you have installed...) > > It's still dangerous to collapse those. Better to build the newer > Perl that also looks at older directories, than to collapse the old > and new directories. > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel