Re^3: @INC site/lib problem on Windows 7 and XP (ActiveState Perl)

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There is a bug in core Perl on Windows that doesn't set up @INC correctly if Perl is installed into a directory that starts with the letter '5'. Your problem should go away if you install into C:/activestate/perl/v5.10 instead.

This bug is at least 10 years old and somewhat related to finding additional site_lib directories when you are using the versioned directory layout scheme where multiple Perl versions share site_lib directories.

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Re^4: @INC site/lib problem on Windows 7 and XP (ActiveState Perl) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 16, 2011 at 17:33 UTC
There is a bug in core Perl on Windows that doesn't set up @INC correctly if Perl is installed into a directory that starts with the letter '5'. Is this documented somewhere? (It could explain some problems I've had in the past>)	[reply]
Re^5: @INC site/lib problem on Windows 7 and XP (ActiveState Perl) by Anonymous Monk on Feb 19, 2011 at 02:34 UTC
Is this documented somewhere? No, but people seem to have bumped into it (win32_get_sitelib) from time to time to time to time to time to time	[reply]

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