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From:
Ben Kal
Date:
September 18, 2003 15:52
Subject:
Re: how to set up !Perl
Message ID:
703916344c.ben@dekroeter.thuis
Dear Alex,
In a message of 15 Sep 2003 you wrote:
>Ben Kal wrote:
>> 2. Perl cannot find the packages that many, many scripts rely on
>> Perl very often reports that it cannot find a certain package in a list
>> of directories in @INC (yes I know what that is for) that in no way
>> corresponds to the directory structure within !Perl. I cannot believe
>> that I am supposed to rearrange all the packages into directories
>> /home/riscos/cross/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/riscos-aof
>> /home/riscos/cross/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0
>> /home/riscos/cross/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/riscos-aof
>> /home/riscos/cross/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
>> /home/riscos/cross/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
>> It is equally hard to believe that I am supposed to edit the start of
>> each and every supplied script to make it change @INC at compile time;
>> apart from that, attempts to do it failed. Is there a way to do it
>> globally?
>
>This is a known problem with my 5.8.0 port, which I do intend to fix but
>have not found the time to do so yet.
>Unless you need a 32bit version or know what you are doing, I suggest
>you avoid my port for the time being. I do intend to make it a bit more
>user friendly when it is finished.
A somewhat disappointing but clear answer. Thank you very much.
Kind regards,
Ben Kal
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