Re: [PATCH] perlfaq8.pod and MakeMaker's PREFIX=

[email protected] (Robert Spier)
Newsgroups perl.perlfaq.workers,perl.perl5.porters
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> The answer for "How do I keep my own module/library directory?"
> seems to be out-of-date:
>     When you build modules, use the PREFIX option when generating
>     Makefiles:
> So I've changed the answer to suggest "LIB=" instead.
> (Better suggestions welcome.)

LIB and PREFIX do different, if related things.   See perldoc
ExtUtils::MakeMaker for an explanation.  

I think PREFIX generally makes more sense -- but sometimes it really
depends on the particular module you're installing.

-R
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