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Never edit your Config.pm: that's meant to be a runtime reference to a number of settings that your Perl was compiled with.

In particular, the initial value for @INC doesn't even come from there: it comes from a hardwired path compiled into the binary. Otherwise, how could Perl find the Config.pm file? Psychic powers?

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Re^3: modifying @INC other than use lib?
by Bukowski (Deacon) on Apr 18, 2005 at 13:39 UTC
    Thanks Randal,

    I didn't get around to modifying it anyway before I hit on a lower tech solution: 

    cd /sw/lib/perl5/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/
sudo cp -R GD GD.pm /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2le
+vel/
sudo cp -R auto/GD/  /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1/darwin-thread-multi-2l
+evel/auto/

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    I did try this before but failed to copy across the auto/ and it was complaining about not being able to find the loadable object.

    Also for the record I did also try this with symlinks and it didn't appear to work :/

    Dan

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Re^3: modifying @INC other than use lib?
by jacques (Priest) on Apr 18, 2005 at 18:14 UTC
    Otherwise, how could Perl find the Config.pm file? Psychic powers?

    I think there's a Perl6 RFC on that one. ;)

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Re^3: modifying @INC other than use lib?
by bsdz (Friar) on Apr 19, 2005 at 08:54 UTC
    Editing your Config.pm can be your only option sometimes; especially when relocating your Perl binary/library tree, and switching between using nmake or dmake in a Windows environment.
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        That's funny; I relocate my Perl port niPerl without recompiling. I use a VBScript to do the relocation that edits Config.pm during the MSI installation process. I've had no complaints yet, seems to work too. I believe ActiveState do the same sort of thing.
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