I am planning to upgrade Strawberry Perl on Windows 10 (from 5.24.1 to 5.32.1.1), while preserving existing non-core modules. I found the following notes from a few years ago and am wondering if they are still correct and valid, because I don't want to mess this up. 

1. Create autobundle: cpan -a <strong>  (this step ran successfully)
2. Install new version of Strawberry Perl.
3. Reload/rebuild modules: perl -MCPAN -e "install Bundle::Snapshot_20
+22_04_29_00"

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Questions:

  1. Since "cpan -a" generates its module in: "C:\strawberry\cpan\Bundle\Snapshot_2022_04_29_00.pm", this implies installing the new version of Perl in the existing "C:\strawberry\..." directory. Is this a problem?
  2. The only other option I see is to rename "C:\strawberry" to "C:\strawberryOLD", do a clean install of the new version, copy the generated autobundle module from the old renamed directory to the new "C:\strawberry", then run step 3 above. Is this a problem?

Note: The reason I'm being so cautious is because I have quite a few non-core modules (over 6,500) to preserve between versions.

All comments and suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

"It's not how hard you work, it's how much you get done."

In reply to Upgrading Strawberry Perl While Preserving Non-Core Modules by roho

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