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* Dave Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com> [2016-09-27 16:12]: > When installing a non-devel perl, you typically get a message like the > following on STDERR: > > Warning: perl appears in your path in the following locations > beyond where we just installed it: > /bin/perl > /usr/bin/perl > > My thoughts are: I think the intent of the message needs translation into contemporary mores, where it applies when perl is being installed a) to somewhere in $PATH which is b) already shadowed by another perl in $PATH. This is a rare constellation, so the message would largely vanish. But then it should stay a warning. (And it should list all perls in $PATH, as it already does, not just the one that triggered the message. Otherwise it might create the impression that that is the only other perl in $PATH, in exactly the kind of moment where you most need to not be confused about the state of your system.) Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>Thread Previous | Thread Next