I have installed Perl 5.10 via FreeBSD Ports & modules that I use (system wide). Few days ago I also installed Perl 5.12 RC2 in my own user directory. After installing a module (and optional dependecies) not availble yet via FreeBSD ports with perl 5.12, I was thinking of installing pure perl modules in a tree separate from the ones which need to be compiled.

Point would be to share pure perl modules as much as possible, and avoid duplicate or reinstall among various perl versions as far as possible. My query in that regard is is there a way to distinguish a module (between a pure perl or compiled one) via cpan(plus) or during "perl (MakeFile|Build).pl .. (make|Build) install"?

Having different trees might not work out too well while automatically installing witin cpan(plus) as the initial tree might be set to the appropriate type based on the primary module, but not for subsequent dependencies. Seems like, cpan itself would need to be changed to accommodate the scenario.

If there are other suggestions to have separate version independent trees (of pure perl modules in one, compiled, version specific in another), I am all ears.

In reply to Re^2: Wow! Painful upgrade to Perl 5.12 by Anonymous Monk
in thread Wow! Painful upgrade to Perl 5.12 by ack

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