This has not been my week... another module related problem.

My ISP is missing many key modules and has outdated versions of others. So, I decide to create my own collection of modules under my own directory. Seems simple enough. I read the man pages, I re-read the explanantion in Effective Perl Programming (Hall & Schwartz). No problem.

I download DBI 1.14 to /usr/home/sz/myperl.
I unzip/untar the file.
I run Makefile.PL LIB=/usr/home/sz/myperl.
I run make and make test.
Everything looks good.

I then write bit of code to use DBI 1.14 just to see if it will compile. Being a good little monk-in-training I even remember to put use lib='usr/home/sz/myperl' before the "use DBI 1.14" statement.

Result: perl complains that it only has version 0.93, which is what the ISP has installed.

I've tried extending the lib pragma to /usr/home/sz/myperl/DBI-1.14/lib but this did not help.

Please put me out of my misery. I've reread everything manpage and perl book I have for clues.

sz sits quietly mumbling "learning is fun... learning is fun..."

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