Re: MacPort: how to port perl?

Things you may need to consider (as I had removed my 5.8.8 some time  
back -- regarding Perl, I use a standard Tiger installation);
- where is your shell PATH pointing?
- where is your editor looking (might be the same as above) ?
- is the script executable or do you prefix running it with the  
actual command "perl" and, thus, which Perl (again) ?
- I thought PERL5LIB _was_ defined somewhere... I can not remember.

David




On 7 Sep, 2008, at 18:23, Vic Norton wrote:

> On Sep 7, 2008, at 11:42 AM, David Green wrote:
>
>> Do you have an issue of Perl versions here -- 5.8.6 having been  
>> upgraded to 5.8.8?  I never solved the issue myself; ultimately I  
>> just stayed with the OS X standard or 5.8.8 and removed MacPorts.   
>> Would love for some clued in explanations ;)
>>
>> I can not remember the details of what I was trying but I guess it  
>> was less important then having a fully 'aware' Perl installation.
>>
>> David
>
> Hi David,
>
> As far as I can tell Perl on a Mac pays absolutely no attention the  
> environmental variable PERL5LIB. I have eliminated all PERL5LIB  
> specifications on my machine.
>
> Here are a couple of test scripts that illustrate my point.
>
> Script 1
>    [put either shebang line here]
>
>    #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>    #!/opt/local/bin/perl -w
>
>    # test1.pl  - Test Perl constructs
>
>    use strict;
>    use Date::Format;
>
> Script 2
>    [put either shebang line here]
>
>    #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>    #!/opt/local/bin/perl -w
>
>    # test2.pl  - Test Perl constructs
>
>    use strict;
>    use Crypt::SSLeay;
>
> When I run Script 1, either from Terminal or from BBEdit, nothing  
> happens with the top shebang line (Date::Format is in my /usr/bin/ 
> perl [5.8.6] tree), but I get an error message listing @INC with  
> the bottom shebang line (Date::Format is not in my /opt/local/bin/ 
> perl [5.8.8] tree).
>
> Just the opposite situation occurs when I run Script 2, either from  
> Terminal or from BBEdit. I get an error message listing @INC with  
> top bottom shebang line (Crypt::SSLeay is not in my /usr/bin/perl  
> [5.8.6] tree), but nothing happens with the bottom shebang line  
> (Crypt::SSLeay is in my /opt/local/bin/perl [5.8.8] tree).
>
> I have found no way of running a module in one Perl tree with the  
> other version of Perl.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vic
>