My scripts are able to pull other modules out via $PERL5LIB. "perl -V" shows it at the front of @INC after all. Are core modules different somehow? How can I override? Do I need to install a second (newer) Perl? Is this a Mac-specific thing?

No, core modules (like File::Temp) aren't different, but some pragmas are (strict, warnings ...). PERL5LIB works as long as the path exists (absolute path), and its readable, and tainting is off. Example 


C:\>dir foolib
 Directory of C:\foolib

09/01/2008  11:07 PM    <DIR>          .
09/01/2008  11:07 PM    <DIR>          ..
09/01/2008  11:06 PM                53 CGI.pm
               1 File(s)             53 bytes
               2 Dir(s)   2,536,841,216 bytes free

C:\>cat foolib\CGI.pm

package CGI;
warn "I AM CGI ", __FILE__;

1;


C:\>perl -MCGI -le"print for @INC,%INC"
C:/perl/Perl/lib
C:/perl/Perl/site/lib
.
warnings/register.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/warnings/register.pm
Carp.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/Carp.pm
vars.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/vars.pm
strict.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/strict.pm
Exporter.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/Exporter.pm
constant.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/constant.pm
warnings.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/warnings.pm
CGI/Util.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/CGI/Util.pm
overload.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/overload.pm
CGI.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/CGI.pm

C:\>set PERL5LIB=C:\foolib

C:\>perl -MCGI -le"print for @INC,%INC"
I AM CGI C:\foolib/CGI.pm at C:\foolib/CGI.pm line 3.
C:\foolib
C:/perl/Perl/lib
C:/perl/Perl/site/lib
.
CGI.pm
C:\foolib/CGI.pm

C:\>perl -MCGI -Tle"print for @INC,%INC"
C:/perl/Perl/lib
C:/perl/Perl/site/lib
warnings/register.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/warnings/register.pm
Carp.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/Carp.pm
vars.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/vars.pm
strict.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/strict.pm
Exporter.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/Exporter.pm
constant.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/constant.pm
warnings.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/warnings.pm
CGI/Util.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/CGI/Util.pm
overload.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/overload.pm
CGI.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/CGI.pm

C:\>perl -Mlib=C:\foolib -MCGI -Tle"print for @INC,%INC"
I AM CGI C:\foolib/CGI.pm at C:\foolib/CGI.pm line 3.
C:\foolib
C:/perl/Perl/lib
C:/perl/Perl/site/lib
strict.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/strict.pm
Config.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/Config.pm
lib.pm
C:/perl/Perl/lib/lib.pm
CGI.pm
C:\foolib/CGI.pm

C:\>

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in thread CPAN Update of File::Temp Doesn't Update by shoness

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