Bug #40987 for Exporter-Easy: INSTALLDIRS=perl should not be set.

Mon Nov 17 05:12:21 2008 nick [...] ccl4.org - Ticket created

Subject:

INSTALLDIRS=perl should not be set.

Exporter::Easy has INSTALLDIRS=perl set in its Makefile.PL. This indicates to MakeMaker that it is a core module and should be installed with other core modules. Exporter::Easy is not in the core. INSTALLDIRS should not be set. The fact that it is being installed in the core, rather than site_perl, is causing problems for me (and anyone else) who upgrades their perl install to a newer version. (Given the default @INC order). However, I suspect that the fix needs to be careful, as any existing install has the current version of Exporter::Easy installed in the wrong place, but early in @INC ahead of site_perl ( see also http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=8893 )

Mon Nov 17 08:42:27 2008 fergal [...] esatclear.ie - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #40987] INSTALLDIRS=perl should not be set.
Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:42:14 +0000
To:	bug-Exporter-Easy [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	"Fergal Daly" <fergal [...] esatclear.ie>

Yes unfortunately this is a long standing stupidity that I haven't figured a good way to solve. If you can suggest something better than some attempt to automatically correct past mistakes, I'd be interested. I don't have very much time these days so implementing anything too clever is not going to happen.

Mon Nov 17 08:42:32 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Sat Jul 05 17:36:02 2014 NEILB [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Thanks, have removed INSTALLDIRS Neil

Sat Jul 05 17:36:03 2014 NEILB [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Sat Jul 05 17:36:04 2014 NEILB [...] cpan.org - Taken

Sat Jul 05 17:36:04 2014 NEILB [...] cpan.org - Fixed in 0.17 added

Sat Jul 05 20:58:42 2014 fergald [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #40987] INSTALLDIRS=perl should not be set.
Date:	Sun, 6 Jul 2014 09:58:32 +0900
To:	bug-Exporter-Easy [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Fergal Daly <fergald [...] gmail.com>

BTW one of the reasons I left this unfixed is that last time I checked, the perl dir took precedence over the default install door. So people upgrading to s new Verizon would not actually use the upgraded version. If that's still the case, then maybe you need to check for and delete old versions in the perl dir, F On 6 Jul 2014 06:36, "Neil_Bowers via RT" <bug-Exporter-Easy@rt.cpan.org> wrote: Show quoted text

> Queue: Exporter-Easy > Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=40987 > > > Thanks, have removed INSTALLDIRS > > Neil > >

Sun Jul 06 04:09:04 2014 NEILB [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

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> BTW one of the reasons I left this unfixed is that last time I checked, the > perl dir took precedence over the default install door. So people upgrading > to s new Verizon would not actually use the upgraded version.

Without INSTALLDIRS=perl, the module gets installed in site_perl, which takes precedence over the 'perl' library directory. So if someone already has an older version installed, then installs the current version, when they use it they'll pick up the most recent release. Sorry, I should have noted that I tested this before doing the release. Cheers, Neil

Sun Jul 06 04:42:08 2014 fergald [...] gmail.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #40987] INSTALLDIRS=perl should not be set.
Date:	Sun, 6 Jul 2014 17:41:58 +0900
To:	bug-Exporter-Easy [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Fergal Daly <fergald [...] gmail.com>

The thread is below. At the time, it varied by distribution with Solaris doing 1 thing, Debian another and pure perl maybe something else. I hope recent perls are more reasonable... http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/170314?do=post_view_flat#170314 On 6 Jul 2014 17:09, "Neil_Bowers via RT" <bug-Exporter-Easy@rt.cpan.org> wrote: Show quoted text

> Queue: Exporter-Easy > Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=40987 > >

> > BTW one of the reasons I left this unfixed is that last time I checked,

> the

> > perl dir took precedence over the default install door. So people

> upgrading

> > to s new Verizon would not actually use the upgraded version.

> > Without INSTALLDIRS=perl, the module gets installed in site_perl, which > takes precedence over the 'perl' library directory. > > So if someone already has an older version installed, then installs the > current version, when they use it they'll pick up the most recent release. > > Sorry, I should have noted that I tested this before doing the release. > > Cheers, > Neil > >