installperl does not delete files before copying

In Snow Leopard, Apple replaced the scripts that come with perl  
(pod2html, perlbug, etc.) with wrappers that delegate to the script  
with the version number tacked on the end (pod2html5.8.9 or  
pod2html5.10.0 [Snow Leopard comes with two versions of perl]). All  
these wrappers are actually hard links to the same file.

I was trying to install 5.10.1 over the system perl (with -Dprefix=/ 
usr), and, since the scripts already installed are all the same file,  
psed ended up being installed with a dozen different names, it being  
the last script to be installed.

Shouldn’t installperl be unlinking files if they already exist?


The first time I tried sending this, it vanished into oblivion. I  
supposed I need to include the perlbug -d output:

Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/ 
perlbug line 639.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/ 
perlbug line 639.
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Flags:
     category=install
     severity=high
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Site configuration information for perl 5.10.1:

Configured by sprout at Tue Sep 22 08:35:48 PDT 2009.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 1) configuration:

   Platform:
     osname=darwin, osvers=10.0.0, archname=darwin-thread-multi-2level
     uname='darwin pint.local 10.0.0 darwin kernel version 10.0.0: fri  
jul 31 22:47:34 pdt 2009; root:xnu-1456.1.25~1release_i386 i386 '
     config_args='-sed -Duseithreads -Dprefix=/usr -Dman3ext=3pm - 
Duseshrplib -Dotherlibdirs=/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0'
     hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
     useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
     useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define,  
usesocks=undef
     use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
     usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
   Compiler:
     cc='cc', ccflags ='-fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno- 
strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include',
     optimize='-O3',
     cppflags='-no-cpp-precomp -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp- 
precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/ 
include'
     ccversion='', gccversion='4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)',  
gccosandvers=''
     intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
     d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
     ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8,  
Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
     alignbytes=8, prototype=define
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3 cc', ldflags =' -fstack- 
protector -L/usr/local/lib'
     libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib
     libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lutil -lc
     perllibs=-ldl -lm -lutil -lc
     libc=/usr/lib/libc.dylib, so=dylib, useshrplib=true,  
libperl=libperl.dylib
     gnulibc_version=''
   Dynamic Linking:
     dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
     cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/ 
usr/local/lib -fstack-protector'

Locally applied patches:


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@INC for perl 5.10.1:
     /System/Library/Perl/5.10.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level
     /System/Library/Perl/5.10.1
     /Library/Perl/5.10.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level
     /Library/Perl/5.10.1
     /Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level
     /Library/Perl/5.10.0
     /Library/Perl/5.8.9
     /Library/Perl/5.8.6
     /Library/Perl/5.8.1
     /Library/Perl
     /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level
     /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.1
     /Network/Library/Perl
     /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level
     /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0
     .

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Environment for perl 5.10.1:
     DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
     HOME=/Users/sprout
     LANG=en_US.UTF-8
     LANGUAGE (unset)
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
     LOGDIR (unset)
     PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/ 
usr/local/bin
     PERL_BADLANG (unset)
     SHELL=/bin/bash

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