Re^4: windows environment variable regression

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Re^5: windows environment variable regression by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 23, 2013 at 01:05 UTC
Because I expect to change the Perl version on a regular basis and I don't want to have to parse PATH to do it. Then don't. Just install each new version into the same place -- say X:\perl or wherever -- and then you have no need to change or edit or parse the path. Or, if that is too simple, install new builds into versioned directories and then use: `subst p: X:\path\to\latest\version\of\perl\bin` [download] And have `p:\` in your path. There are many ways to achieve what you want; stop trying to use the one that won't. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^5: windows environment variable regression
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 23, 2013 at 01:05 UTC

Because I expect to change the Perl version on a regular basis and I don't want to have to parse PATH to do it.

Then don't. Just install each new version into the same place -- say X:\perl or wherever -- and then you have no need to change or edit or parse the path.

Or, if that is too simple, install new builds into versioned directories and then use:

subst p: X:\path\to\latest\version\of\perl\bin
[download]

And have p:\ in your path.

There are many ways to achieve what you want; stop trying to use the one that won't.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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