Re: /usr/lib/perl5 -> /usr/share/perl5 ?

[Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Gregor" == Gregor Hoffleit <flight@thefly.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de> writes:

    Gregor> perl5 installs its modules that are AFAIK
    Gregor> architecture-independent into /usr/lib/perl5. Shouldn't
    Gregor> this be /usr/share/perl5 according to FSSTND? I'm asking
    Gregor> since the same kind of situation is with python.

Perl's modules are partly architecture-independent and partly
architecture-dependant.

Note the /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux directory; Perl uses a lot of
compiled C code for things like database manipulation, graphics work,
and other fun things.

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