`use lib' confusion

[mikeirw]

Let's say I have placed 'SomeModule.pm' in '/home/mikeirw/lib/SomeDir' and do:

use lib '/home/mikeirw/lib';
use SomeDir::SomeModule;

... perl does not find the module. If I just place the module directly in '/home/mikeirw/lib', the module is found. Am I missing something here? perldoc lib doesn't reveal any clues.

[Aristotle]

There's no obvious reason why it would be going wrong.. shot in the dark: if you're using this from a script that doesn't run under your UID (such as a CGI script), have you made sure the permissions on SomeDir are correct?

Makeshifts last the longest.

[mikeirw]

It is in fact a CGI script. The perms on all directories are 0755 and 0644 for the modules, so Apache can read them.

Everything works if I move 'SomeModule.pm' to '/home/mikeirw/lib', and just do:

use SomeModule;

...so the problem is that perl is not descending into 'SomeDir'.

[Aristotle]

What happens if you

use lib '/home/mikeirw/lib/SomeDir'; 
use SomeModule;

?

Makeshifts last the longest.

[pg]

I just tried what you described here, seems it is fine. Whatever you say,

use lib '/a/b/c;
use d::e;


or,

use lib '/a/b/c/d";
use e;


must be something else.

[mikeirw]

Doh! I had rearranged some things and forgot to update the package statement. I think it's time to take a break. :)