Re: Big problems with arch-indep perl-based packages on archs other than i386
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Christopher C. Chimelis, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote:
>I just realised that there are quite a few perl-based packages
>(libapache-mod-perl, libapache-asp-perl, many more) that install files to
>an architecture-dependent path (ie. /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.004/).
Note that when a Perl module is installed, if any of it has a binary
component (Perl XS), all of the module is installed into the
arch-dependent directory.
>Obviously, this is less than optimal for other archs (I'm on Alpha, but
>I'm sure this can be a problem for PPC, m68k, sparc, etc). I ran into
>this problem when trying to get a few mod-perl-based apache packages
>working on my new Alpha, only to realise that it wasn't finding things
>properly. On subsequent checking, I found ALOT of perl code in
>/usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/ that probably should've been stored in
>/usr/lib/perl5/alpha-linux.
Now, if what you are saying is that a binary Perl module that was built
for Alpha puts code into i386-linux, then that is obviously wrong.
Darren
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