Re: Strawberry Perl: my @INC gets/is destroyed on XP after some days

You are using Strawberry Perl on Windows XP with *nix-style paths in @INC?

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Re^2: Strawberry Perl: my @INC gets/is destroyed on XP after some days by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Aug 23, 2015 at 17:46 UTC
No, not really. I'm not using it with nix-style paths in `@INC`. But 'after a while' i get* nix-style paths in @INC. I noticed it first after firing up my `emacs` shortcut for `shell-comand-on-region` for `perltidy` and `emacs` told me that something went wrong. Examining `@INC` the usual way (like `perl -E 'say for @INC;'`) shows these nix-style paths. Well, i have also `cygwin` installed on my box. But i run Strawberry Perl from `cmd`. Best regards, Karl ŤThe Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostropheť	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Strawberry Perl: my @INC gets/is destroyed on XP after some days by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 23, 2015 at 18:48 UTC
i have also cygwin installed on my box. That is almost certainly the source of your problem. Somehow your two perl installs are interacting. I don't have any details for you -- I gave up on cygwin within days of the first time I installed it 12+ years ago -- but that's where you need to look. 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". I knew I was on the right track :) In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. I'm with torvalds on this Agile (and TDD) debunked I told'em LLVM was the way to go. But did they listen!	[reply]
Re^3: Strawberry Perl: my @INC gets/is destroyed on XP after some days by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 24, 2015 at 00:47 UTC
Examining @INC the usual way (like `perl -E 'say for @INC;'`) shows these nix-style paths* This would almost certainly indicate that the PATH environment variable is currently set such that the first perl.exe to be located is Cygwin's, not Strawberry's. Next time this happens, run `PATH` to see what that environment variable actually contains ... and then try to work out why it changed. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]