how then is it possible for CPAN to be installing stuff where perl cannot find it?

Is the "perl" that runs the Makefile.PL the same "perl" that is run when you try to use the module that CPAN has just installed ? If, for example, /usr/lib/perl runs the Makefile.PL, then the module being installed will be located in a place where /usr/lib/perl can find it, but /usr/local/lib/perl won't be able to find it.

If it is the same "perl" in both instances, and the modules are being placed where they cannot be found, then something is seriously amiss with Config.pm's %Config.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^3: cleaning up old libs and @INC by syphilis
in thread cleaning up old libs and @INC by danmcb

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