Hi, I have code that says: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use FindBin;
use lib("$FindBin::Bin/../lib/perl");
use Template;
where I have a new File::Spec (v0.8) installed in the $FindBin::Bin/../lib/perl directory and the old one (v0.6) in the regular Perl5 lib directory.

Template.pm uses File::Temp which requires the new version of File::Spec.

I would expect the 

use lib
statement to force use of the newer version. It seems to Do The Right Thing to @INC, and the only Template.pm on the system is in the lnon-standard directory. But the program biffs because File::Temp (which is also in the non-standard dir!!) is loading.

Any clues?

Thanks,

Nick

Edited: ~Tue Jan 14 20:19:21 2003 (GMT) by footpad: Changed title, per Consideration; however, the title of the follow-up was used instead of the suggested retitle.

In reply to FindBin breaks dependency on File::Spec if using non-standard lib dir (WAS:@INC madness %$#%$#$@!) by tonkin

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