On Sep 26, 2006, at 8:34 AM, John Delacour wrote:
Apple's installation is in /usr/bin. There is no need either to
replace it or to use any fink, darwinport etc. Just install it in /
usr/local/bin, which is the default anyway. Read the install file.
This is what I've been doing for years. Then I replace /usr/bin/perl
with a symlink to /usr/local/bin/perl. This leaves me with a default
Perl install whose @INC does not include Apple's libraries, only
those in /usr/local/perl-5.8.x.
I never noticed any issues with this until recently I had occasion to
boot my PowerBook into single-user mode and at one point (I believe
it was when shutting down) I saw the following in an error message ...
/System/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAget.app/Contents/Resources/
kickstart line 277
Can't locate Foundation.pm
Apparently a script related to Apple Remote Desktop Agent. And I did
find Foundation.pm at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/darwin-thread-
multi-2level/Foundation.pm (which of course is not in my @INC).
So my question is ... what is the best way to make sure my new
install (in /usr/local/) has everything the OS expects? Can I just
install a few extra CPAN modules and make the OS happy, or do other
apps install things in the Library/Perl dirs too?
What do the rest of you do?
Ray
