Hello PerlMonks,

I'm trying to create a Perl "distribution" which includes both Perl proper (as downloaded from perl.org) and a number of CPAN modules. (Sorry if I'm not using the correct lingo; I'm new to the community.)

The actual Perl part went pretty well. A couple parameters passed into Configure and a 
make
make test
make install DESTDIR=/home/me/build/perl/inst

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later and I'm off and running. 
setenv PATH /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/bin:$PATH
setenv PERL5LIB /home/me/build/perl-addons/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5:/h
+ome/me/build/perl-addons/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl:/home/me/
+build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5:/home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/loca
+l/lib/perl5/site_perl

[me@unixbox1:/home/me/build]> perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration:

    ...

Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options: PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO
  Built under solaris
  Compiled at Jan 18 2007 07:45:13
  %ENV:
    PERL5LIB="/home/me/build/perl-addons/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5:/hom
+e/me/build/perl-addons/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl:/home/me/bu
+ild/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5:/home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/
+lib/perl5/site_perl"
  @INC:
    /home/me/build/perl-addons/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5
    /home/me/build/perl-addons/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
    /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris
    /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8
    /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5
    /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-
+solaris
    /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8
    /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .

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It's the CPAN modules that I'm now having problems with. Really basic modules like HTML::Template seem to go okay although they give me a couple warnings about Config.pm and the architecture that I'd like to eliminate if possible: 
[me@unixbox1:/home/me/build/perl-addons/tmp/HTML-Template-2.8]> perl M
+akefile.PL PREFIX=/home/me/build/perl-addons/inst/usr/local PERL_LIB=
+/home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8 PERL_ARCHLIB=/home
+/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Have /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/C
+onfig.pm expected /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/Config.pm
Your perl and your Config.pm seem to have different ideas about the 
architecture they are running on.
Perl thinks: [sun4-solaris]
Config says: [sun4-solaris]
This may or may not cause problems. Please check your installation of 
+perl 
if you have problems building this extension.
Writing Makefile for HTML::Template

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A make; make test; make install cycle works and the new module is found: 
[me@unixbox1:/home/me/build/perl-addons/tmp/HTML-Template-2.8]> perl -
+MHTML::Template -e 'print "$HTML::Template::VERSION\n"'
2.8

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Anything more complex (like MQSeries, say) starts to cause problems: 
[me@unixbox1:/home/me/build/perl-addons/tmp/MQSeries-1.23]> perl Makef
+ile.PL PREFIX=/home/me/build/perl-addons/inst/usr/local PERL_LIB=/hom
+e/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8 PERL_ARCHLIB=/home/me/
+build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris
Creating directory MQServer/
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.pm.in -> MQServer/MQSeries.pm.in
Creating directory MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/00header -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/00
+header
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/21core -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/21co
+re
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/30MQCONN -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/30
+MQCONN
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/31MQCONNX-v5 -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.i
+n/31MQCONNX-v5
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/32MQOPEN-v2 -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in
+/32MQOPEN-v2
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/32MQOPEN-v5 -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in
+/32MQOPEN-v5
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/33MQINQ -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/33M
+QINQ
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/34MQPUT-v2 -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/
+34MQPUT-v2
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/34MQPUT-v5 -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/
+34MQPUT-v5
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/35MQPUT1-v2 -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in
+/35MQPUT1-v2
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/35MQPUT1-v5 -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in
+/35MQPUT1-v5
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/36MQGET -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/36M
+QGET
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/37MQCLOSE -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/3
+7MQCLOSE
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/38MQDISC -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/38
+MQDISC
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/39MQCMIT -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/39
+MQCMIT
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/40MQBACK -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/40
+MQBACK
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/41MQBEGIN-v5 -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.i
+n/41MQBEGIN-v5
Copying MQClient/MQSeries.xs.in/42MQSET -> MQServer/MQSeries.xs.in/42M
+QSET
Copying MQClient/Makefile.PL -> MQServer/Makefile.PL
Copying MQClient/constants.c.PL -> MQServer/constants.c.PL
Copying MQClient/typemap.PL -> MQServer/typemap.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Have /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/C
+onfig.pm expected /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/Config.pm
Your perl and your Config.pm seem to have different ideas about the 
architecture they are running on.
Perl thinks: [sun4-solaris]
Config says: [sun4-solaris]
This may or may not cause problems. Please check your installation of 
+perl 
if you have problems building this extension.
Warning: PERL_LIB (/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8) seems not to be a perl 
+library directory
        (Exporter.pm not found) at /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/
+lib/perl5/5.8.8/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm line 1668.
Have /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/C
+onfig.pm expected /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/Config.pm
Your perl and your Config.pm seem to have different ideas about the 
architecture they are running on.
Perl thinks: [sun4-solaris]
Config says: [sun4-solaris]
This may or may not cause problems. Please check your installation of 
+perl 
if you have problems building this extension.
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lmqicg
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lmqic32
Writing Makefile for MQClient::MQSeries
Warning: PERL_LIB (/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8) seems not to be a perl 
+library directory
        (Exporter.pm not found) at /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/
+lib/perl5/5.8.8/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm line 1668.
Have /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/C
+onfig.pm expected /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/Config.pm
Your perl and your Config.pm seem to have different ideas about the 
architecture they are running on.
Perl thinks: [sun4-solaris]
Config says: [sun4-solaris]
This may or may not cause problems. Please check your installation of 
+perl 
if you have problems building this extension.
Writing Makefile for MQSeries::Message::DeadLetter
Warning: PERL_LIB (/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8) seems not to be a perl 
+library directory
        (Exporter.pm not found) at /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/
+lib/perl5/5.8.8/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm line 1668.
Have /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/C
+onfig.pm expected /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/Config.pm
Your perl and your Config.pm seem to have different ideas about the 
architecture they are running on.
Perl thinks: [sun4-solaris]
Config says: [sun4-solaris]
This may or may not cause problems. Please check your installation of 
+perl 
if you have problems building this extension.
Writing Makefile for MQSeries::Message::PCF
Warning: PERL_LIB (/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8) seems not to be a perl 
+library directory
        (Exporter.pm not found) at /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/
+lib/perl5/5.8.8/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm line 1668.
Have /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/C
+onfig.pm expected /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/Config.pm
Your perl and your Config.pm seem to have different ideas about the 
architecture they are running on.
Perl thinks: [sun4-solaris]
Config says: [sun4-solaris]
This may or may not cause problems. Please check your installation of 
+perl 
if you have problems building this extension.
Writing Makefile for MQSeries::Message::RulesFormat
Warning: Guessing NAME [MQSeries-OAM] from current directory name.
Warning: PERL_LIB (/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8) seems not to be a perl 
+library directory
        (Exporter.pm not found) at /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/
+lib/perl5/5.8.8/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm line 1668.
Have /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/C
+onfig.pm expected /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/Config.pm
Your perl and your Config.pm seem to have different ideas about the 
architecture they are running on.
Perl thinks: [sun4-solaris]
Config says: [sun4-solaris]
This may or may not cause problems. Please check your installation of 
+perl 
if you have problems building this extension.
Warning: PERL_LIB (/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8) seems not to be a perl 
+library directory
        (Exporter.pm not found) at /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/
+lib/perl5/5.8.8/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm line 1668.
Have /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/C
+onfig.pm expected /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/Config.pm
Your perl and your Config.pm seem to have different ideas about the 
architecture they are running on.
Perl thinks: [sun4-solaris]
Config says: [sun4-solaris]
This may or may not cause problems. Please check your installation of 
+perl 
if you have problems building this extension.
Writing Makefile for MQSeries::PubSub
Warning: PERL_LIB (/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8) seems not to be a perl 
+library directory
        (Exporter.pm not found) at /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/
+lib/perl5/5.8.8/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm line 1668.
Have /home/me/build/perl/inst/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/C
+onfig.pm expected /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/Config.pm
Your perl and your Config.pm seem to have different ideas about the 
architecture they are running on.
Perl thinks: [sun4-solaris]
Config says: [sun4-solaris]
This may or may not cause problems. Please check your installation of 
+perl 
if you have problems building this extension.
Writing Makefile for MQServer::MQSeries
Writing Makefile for MQSeries

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My understanding here is that ExtUtils::MakeMaker has the intelligence to cascade into subdirectories looking for other Makefile.PLs to run. Based on the output, it looks like its not passing on the parameters that I've passed in (PERL_LIB and PERL_ARCHLIB). I've also attempted upgrading ExtUtils::MakeMaker and the tests are failing in ways that make me believe that my PERL_LIB isn't being honored: 
t/PL_FILES..............NOK 3#   Failed test in t/PL_FILES.t at line 3
+8.     
#          got: '512'
#     expected: '0'
# make[1]: Entering directory `/home/me/build/perl-addons/tmp/ExtUtils
+-MakeMaker-6.31/t/PL_FILES-Module'
# make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4
+-solaris/Config.pm', needed by `Makefile'.  Stop.
# make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/me/build/perl-addons/tmp/ExtUtils-
+MakeMaker-6.31/t/PL_FILES-Module'

t/PL_FILES..............NOK 4#   Failed test 'single.out was created' 
+       
#   in t/PL_FILES.t at line 41.

#   Failed test '1.out was created'
t/PL_FILES..............NOK 5#   in t/PL_FILES.t at line 41.          
+       

t/PL_FILES..............NOK 6#   Failed test '2.out was created'      
+       
#   in t/PL_FILES.t at line 41.

t/PL_FILES..............NOK 7#   Failed test 'blib/lib/PL/Bar.pm was c
+reated'
#   in t/PL_FILES.t at line 41.
t/PL_FILES..............ok 8/9# Looks like you failed 5 tests of 9.   
+       
t/PL_FILES..............dubious                                       
+       
        Test returned status 5 (wstat 1280, 0x500)
DIED. FAILED tests 3-7
        Failed 5/9 tests, 44.44% okay
t/pm....................ok 1/6Warning: PERL_LIB (/usr/local/lib/perl5/
+5.8.8) seems not to be a perl library directory
        (Exporter.pm not found) at /home/me/build/perl-addons/tmp/ExtU
+tils-MakeMaker-6.31/blib/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm line 1716.
Warning: PERL_LIB (/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8) seems not to be a perl 
+library directory
        (Exporter.pm not found) at /home/me/build/perl-addons/tmp/ExtU
+tils-MakeMaker-6.31/blib/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm line 1716.
t/pm....................ok                                            
+       
t/postamble.............ok 3/8                                        
+       
#   Failed test 'postamble argument not warned about'
t/postamble.............NOK 4#   in t/postamble.t at line 52.         
+       
#          got: 'Warning: PERL_LIB (/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8) seems 
+not to be a perl library directory
#         (Exporter.pm not found) at /home/me/build/perl-addons/tmp/Ex
+tUtils-MakeMaker-6.31/blib/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm line 1716.
# '
#     expected: ''
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 8.
t/postamble.............dubious                                       
+       
        Test returned status 1 (wstat 256, 0x100)
DIED. FAILED test 4
        Failed 1/8 tests, 87.50% okay
t/prefixify.............ok                                            
+       
        1/3 skipped: Test for DOSish prefixification
t/prereq_print..........ok                                            
+       
t/problems..............ok                                            
+       
t/prompt................ok                                            
+       
t/recurs................ok 3/25                                       
+       
t/recurs................NOK 6#   Failed test 'recursive make exited no
+rmally'
#   in t/recurs.t at line 61.
#          got: '512'
#     expected: '0'
# make[1]: Entering directory `/home/me/build/perl-addons/tmp/ExtUtils
+-MakeMaker-6.31/t/Recurs'
# make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4
+-solaris/Config.pm', needed by `Makefile'.  Stop.
# make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/me/build/perl-addons/tmp/ExtUtils-
+MakeMaker-6.31/t/Recurs'
t/recurs................ok 11/25                                      
+       
#   Failed test 'recursive make exited normally'
t/recurs................NOK 14#   in t/recurs.t at line 84.           
+       
#          got: '512'
#     expected: '0'
t/recurs................ok 19/25# Looks like you failed 2 tests of 25.

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So, I'm running into a LOT of problems using a local Perl install to locally install CPAN modules. Is my approach flawed or can this simply not be done?

I'm trying to installing Perl in one place and a bunch of CPAN modules in another place for packaging purposes (net result being two separate packages). I don't have write access to the system directories (/usr/local). The Perl part seems to be covered, but I can't complete installation of the modules that I need to distribute.

Any direction the Monks could provide would be great.

Thanks.

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