Can someone "disambiguate" this article for me please?
http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/perl.html
Or instead, point me to another one?
I have 5.6.0 on a machine running Jaguar. I need to run WWW::Mechanize on it, which requires at least 5.6.1.
I want to mess with the server the absolute minimum amount possible, but I don't quite understand this bit:
The Install Directory
Most shell applications offer you the choice of where
to install, and Perl is no different. Some users
install large applications in a directory called /opt,
others follow Fink's behavior and drop them into /sw,
and still others follow the standard /usr/local. I'll
be using the default Perl layout for OS X which is
determined by hints/darwin.sh. This file is included as
part of the Perl distribution and is utilized during
our initial configuration. Opening that file in a text
editor, we'll see that a default install is defined as:I can't be 100% sure what he's telling me to do if I want the new Perl to know about the existence of all the modules I installed with the old Perl. I'm guessing I could go ahead with the default and put a "use lib /path/to/whatever/" in all my old scripts but who wants to do that?
Anyone who can give me a "for dummies" on exactly how I should edit that "hints/darwin.sh" file so that, after installing, all the modules I installed for the old Perl are found by the new one, TIA.
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