I have been asked to assume maintenance responsibilities for a corporate ActivePerl installation on Win32, and could use some advice.

I know I need to upgrade due to a bug in the currently installed build, but we have already installed a variety of modules that need to stay. I did not perform the original install, and don't know which modules have been added before I took this task. Is searching for the .pm files under the @INC folders really enough? How would you find all the modules an installation of Perl knows about? (For example, we use the Mozilla LDAP SDK, which might be a problem.)

We also have a large body of in-house scripts, which have been placed in a folder under the root Perl folder (called scripts) that are expected to stay there (again, not my call.) So, once I know what modules we need, how can I manage the upgrade and minimize the disruption to the users?

Useful tips on maintaining a Perl installtion (or links that provide said info. are certainly welcome.)

Thanks!

In reply to Maintaining a Perl Installation by ChrisS

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