Let's nail down some variables, here.

So far, I know two things -- one, you see the described behavior on your installations of FC1 and FC2. Two, I can reproduce the behavior on pre-FC1 (Shrike -- RH 9) and FC2. Looking at the module progressions -- not merely the perl progressions -- I can see many potentially relevant changes within the modules involved.

So. Let's nail down what code is running in each of your instances. It's perl 5.8.3 in both cases, as you say -- just to be sure, let's verify that. Ensure that each executable is the version you think it is.

Second, check your %INC hash. There could be local versions of these modules that are of a different version than the default shipped with perl 5.8.3.

Third -- and this is not likely but possible -- check that your perls are actually using version numbering on their system library directories (which should be the case by default, and should be the case with FC*, but if you've been doing regular package updates on them you will notice different perl version numbers down in /usr/lib/perl5). In any case, ensuring the perl executable version and the contents of %INC will flush this out as well.

If none of these appear to be running the newer code, which we know to exhibit the behavior you describe (as opposed to an earlier version of FC1 with no package updates, perhaps, but certainly the version of redhat just prior to FC1), then I will join you in being stumped.

Cheers,
Matt

In reply to Re^5: FindBin works different on Fedora Core 2? by mojotoad
in thread FindBin works differently on Fedora Core 2? by samtregar

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