Hello,
The Makefile.PL for ExtUtils::MakeMaker currently sets INSTALLDIRS to
'perl', so a CPAN update won't be shadowed by the core version in older
perls.
According to [1] this is no longer necessary for perl 5.11 and
following. Those will look in 'site' before 'perl', so normal CPAN
installations won't be shadowed by anything in core.
A patch for the Makefile.PL is attached.
[1]
https://github.com/rjbs/perltodo/blob/master/Supply-Patches-to-Fix-Install-Location.mkdn
regards,
--
Robert 'phaylon' Sedlacek
Perl 5 Consultant for
Shadowcat Systems Limited - http://shadowcat.co.uk/
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index b802c73..e54937e 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ my $MM = WriteMakefile(
CONFIGURE_REQUIRES => {}, # We don't need ourself to install ourself.
BUILD_REQUIRES => { 'Data::Dumper' => 0, },
- INSTALLDIRS => 'perl',
+ INSTALLDIRS => ($] < 5.011 ? 'perl' : 'site'),
LICENSE => 'perl',
ABSTRACT_FROM => "lib/$PACKAGE_FILE.pm",
AUTHOR => 'Michael G Schwern <schw...@pobox.com>',
