Re: [OT] Perl question

[Ari Jolma <ari jolma tkk fi>]

David kirjoitti:
> Sorry for this OT question, but I know the folks here are quite capable
> of answering this - as well or more so on a specific Perl list.
>
> Anyway, I'm contemplating playing around with building some Perl modules
> - with MakeMaker.  It would be nice to install them rather than
> constantly invoking "use lib" once I get them "halfway decent".  Of
> course, no doubt, I would be doing a lot of "fixing" and
> re-installing.  Is there any danger of mucking up my system by doing
> so?  If you replace a module, is it advisable/necessary to uninstall
> the old version first?  Does "make uninstall" remove everything
> cleanly?  I am aware of .packlist and wonder if it will be cleaned up
> correctly.

As long as you are messing up your own namespace there's no danger.
Uninstall is not necessary maybe even unadvisable, and I think make
uninstall warns about itself.

I guess my .packlist or what it is is probably very long now, since I
tend to install for tests. I never uninstall anything and I've had no
problems or almost never had to manually fix something in installation
directories.

Ari

> These may be some unnecessary questions, but thought I'd ask before
> jumping in and perhaps messing things up badly.
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