[rt-users] Perl is Broken after Centos 5.4 update

[Jerrad Pierce]

> those too parented in the site_perl tree. IMO, the need for a source
> built/local build of Perl is NEVER a good solution to hand to users. Running a
> ticketing tool shouldn't require a user to build a local copy of a core
> distribution component.
It's got nothing to do with RT. Existing package managers do not play
well with Perl's modules/libraries. The same goes for any language
that lets you install updates outside of the platform's rigid package
system.

RPM's can execute initialization scripts, and there's no reason why
RedHat shouldn't check to see what the *real* version of the library
on disk is before blindly clobbering it.

Your solution of "compile your own packages of potentially conflicting
libraries that will install to site_perl" doesn't sound much
friendlier than "use another perl." Arguably, a better solution would
be for RT to use local::lib, but it's relatively new.
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