Now, *this* is a great suggestion. Thanks. I will implement this. Given that I already have stuff in my /usr/local/, I should be just able to duplicate that under my home directory ~/usr/local/, then remove /usr/local/, and then create the symbolic link, as suggested. Does that sound ok? (I am not intricately familiar with the Unix underpinnings, so I want to proceed on this carefully so as to not upset an already existing apple cart).

Still would like to know why that darn os upgrade do something so dumb as to rename my lib, and then create a circular link from a new lib to itself.

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In reply to Re^4: strange "Perl on Leopard" install behavior by punkish
in thread strange "Perl on Leopard" install behavior by punkish

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