Yes. I understand that.

The system didn't start out that way.

The sequence was :
(1) install Active State Perl (Perl 5.6)
(2) install Cygwin (Perl 5.8)
(3) upgrade Active State (to Perl 5.10)
(4) upgrade Cygwin (changed Perl installation to AS Perl 5.10)

What happened appears to be that the upgrade of Cygwin used the upgrade of Active State Perl.

I'm not saying that I have the "answer". I am just presenting some "weird stuff" that I've personally seen re: Cygwin.

In reply to Re^3: Cygwin Perl: Question about default @INC by Marshall
in thread Cygwin Perl: Question about default @INC by rovf

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