Re: modifying @INC other than use lib?

[bsdz]

you can either set the environment variable PERL5LIB or edit your Config.pm

[merlyn]

Never edit your Config.pm: that's meant to be a runtime reference to a number of settings that your Perl was compiled with.

In particular, the initial value for @INC doesn't even come from there: it comes from a hardwired path compiled into the binary. Otherwise, how could Perl find the Config.pm file? Psychic powers?

[Bukowski]

Thanks Randal,

I didn't get around to modifying it anyway before I hit on a lower tech solution:

cd /sw/lib/perl5/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/
sudo cp -R GD GD.pm /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2le
+vel/
sudo cp -R auto/GD/  /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2l
+evel/auto/

I did try this before but failed to copy across the auto/ and it was complaining about not being able to find the loadable object.

Also for the record I did also try this with symlinks and it didn't appear to work :/

Dan

[jacques]

Otherwise, how could Perl find the Config.pm file? Psychic powers?

I think there's a Perl6 RFC on that one. ;)

[bsdz]

Editing your Config.pm can be your only option sometimes; especially when relocating your Perl binary/library tree, and switching between using nmake or dmake in a Windows environment.

[merlyn]

But you need to recompile Perl for those... Config.pm is just a Perl version of the config.sh script... editing Config.pm does nothing!

[Bukowski]

This is why I was wondering if there was something more MacOS X specific as the only "Config.pm" I can find on the system is the config for Fink.. not Perl...

update:

Scratch that - "find" finds what "finder" cannot on MacOS X - I am a Linux user at heart, this OS X stuff is still a bit alien to me :)