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Subject: Re: perl and /usr/local/lib/perl5
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Well, you can build stuff to live elsewhere by doing
"perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/some/where/else" at port configure time,
but people have to make sure to set PERLINC to /some/where/else/lib
for the system perl to look there.

Also note that ExtUtils::MakeMaker is somewhat broken for the default
install and somewhat more broken for the FreeBSD-style installation.
This brokenness exposes itself more when you use features like
PREFIX= or LIB= so you may be opening a can of worms.  (Of course,
someone should fix MakeMaker anyway, but...)

Satoshi, what Mark really meant to say was "perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker"
to learn more.

  Bill


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