I think I have learned my lesson that I should NOT follow what seems to be CPANs great advice to upgrade using CPAN. All sorts of havok have been wrought.

Next problem: I'm adding some ftp functionality to a script, using Net::FTP. I already had Net::FTP installed, and it's the most current version. When I call the module (use Net::FTP;) I get the following error:

Can't locate NET/FTP.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl) at /var/www/cgi-bin/xicontrol.cgi line 29. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/www/cgi-bin/xicontrol.cgi line 29.

The problem is, Net/FTP.pm is in two of those directories. Doing a locate FTP.pm yeilds:

/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/Net/FTP.pm
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Net/FTP.pm

Suggestions? I'm running Debian Woody.

In reply to Yet another strange problem with Perl upgrade by michellem

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