[rt-users] rt & perl INC variable

[Joe Szabo]

Well, I'm in suse linux, and it doesn't come with a lot of the perl
modules rt needs, so I have to cpan the same modules all over
again.  Then some of the tests fail and I have to figure out which other
perl modules it wants, etc...

Joe

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Vivek Khera wrote:

> >>>>> "JS" == Joe Szabo <jszabo at dilligaff.rutgers.edu> writes:
>
> JS> I thought some people might keep the perl modules rt needs in a seperate
> JS> directory and then add it to INC, so that you wouldn't have to reinstall
> JS> them when you upgrade perl.
>
> Well, normally perl is smart enough not to smash over existing/newer
> versions of modules you have.  I guess it depends on how you upgrade
> perl.  Some package managers tend to delete everything in sight then
> install new stuff.  This tends to break perl, since the library tends
> to be updated outside the package manager's view.
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