[ATrpms-users] Re: imsb.au.dk explicitely breaks atrpms

[Axel Thimm]

On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 06:02:46PM +0100, Ed Avis wrote:
> Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net> writes:
> 
> >Both perl and kernel modules are installed out of the vendor's
> >folders (good!), but need to be pointed at.
> 
> Why is it good to install perl modules out of the vendor's folders?  I
> am not disagreeing - I haven't thought about it enough to form an
> opinion either way - but I'd be interested to know your reasons.

In order to avoid conflicts and collisions (e.g. a perl-CGI upgrade
would conflict with perl itself).

> Perhaps Fedora could be persuaded to add some directories to the
> standard perl path so the helpers would no longer be needed?

These _are_ the extra paths, intended for this very reasons, only that
they have been put at the wrong order. That's what the helpers fix,
nothing more.

E.g. like putting /usr/local/bin after /usr/bin, or /sbin after /bin,
to try to draw a comparison.

Since Red Hat is not itself affected by this bug, it is unlikely that
errata will be issued, the issue is known and still not worked
upon. E.g. the current order is "perl", "site", "vendor", and it needs
to be "site", "vendor", "perl". See also the very good discussion @
Debian on this.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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