On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 03:34:39PM +1000, Ken Williams wrote: > >I thought the whole idea was to run blib.pm to set @INC. If > >the test suite > >is setting up @INC we don't need blib. > > blib.pm only adds to @INC. Seems like the core requires > something to strip @INC down to a small set, not add to it.
@INC only contains paths to where the libraries will be installed. Until installation happens, perl can't find it's own not-yet-installed libraries without help. We remove all other entries from @INC so that previously installed modules don't interfere with testing the new versions. > Anyway, what I meant was that @INC needs to be one value to find > blib.pm, and then blib.pm changes @INC to be another value, so > there's no chicken/egg problem. There is no other value to be changed to. All you need to do is find lib/ > >>'.' won't necessarily be in the path anyway. > > > >Sorry, I ment perl's @INC. > > That's what I meant too. People can build Perl without '.' in > @INC, right? I don't think so. -- Michael G. Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl Quality Assurance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kwalitee Is Job One If your module passes test You're one of the very best Don't fuck up the MANIFEST Burma-Shave - ignatz
