Just an idea (untested - just a thought).... What about making a symlink in
the skel of:

/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/
to:
/usr/local/lib/perl5/

then replicate to all the vs's - though this would be a tricky one...

This would work though, I think..... though don't quote me on it...


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Kennish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:03 PM
Subject: Perl Modules


> Hi all,
>
> I have asked this many times but I've never really come across a
> satisfactory solution so here goes...
>
> How can Perl be configured so that the @INC array contains
> /usr/local/lib/perl5 (because I want the admin user of a VS to be able
> to install Perl modules and /usr/lib/perl5/... is a no-no because its
> part of the skel.)
>
> Ideally, I'd like Perl to look for modules in /usr/local/lib/perl5
> first and then if they are not there, look in /usr/lib/perl5 (the
> skel). Also, I recall that Perl (or CPAN?) keeps a log of installed
> modules - is there any way to get it to use a file in
> /usr/local/lib/perl5 so that the 'admin' user has write perms to it?
>
> I know that you can add to @INC by running Perl like...
>
> /usr/bin/perl -I /usr/local/lib/perl5
>
> .. but it'll be a bit annoying for our customers to have to do this to
> all their scripts
>
> Is this all only possible with a recompile? (I hate Perl at the best
> of times)  :(
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> --
> Ben Kennish
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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