Re: [PATCH] lib.pm should not warn about loading .par files

Hi Paul, hi all,

Paul Fenwick schrieb:
> When PAR has been loaded, .par files in @INC will be searches for 
> modules. one of the recommended interfaces for doing this is:
> 
>     use PAR;
>     use lib 'example.par';
> 
> This works just fine, but 'lib' emits a warning that it should only be 
> used with directories, not files, and then adds example.par to @INC anyway.
> 
> Anyone trying to add a file ending with .par into @INC probably knows 
> what they're doing, so the trivial patch attached disables the warnings 
> for .par files.

So I guess this makes lib.pm a candidate for dual-living so we can "use 
lib 'foo.par'" on 5.8.8? I'd rather like to see this part of the PAR 
interface fixed.

Best regards,
Steffen

• [PATCH] lib.pm should not warn about loading .par files by Paul Fenwick
• Re: [PATCH] lib.pm should not warn about loading .par files by Rafael Garcia-Suarez
• Re: [PATCH] lib.pm should not warn about loading .par files by Steffen Mueller