Configure self-contained perl from source

eb710 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I want to build perl from source in a private location and make sure that it doesn't refer at all to any other existing perl installations. If I just do

./Configure -de -Dprefix=/my/private/place
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Configure "helpfully" looks for an existing perl, i.e. /usr/bin/perl, and puts its library directories in @INC in my private build. No doubt this is usually the right thing to do. However, I want to build a hermetically sealed perl, as if there were no other perl installation available. What's the right thing to do?

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Re: Configure self-contained perl from source by dave_the_m (Monsignor) on May 21, 2005 at 09:57 UTC
Configure "helpfully" looks for an existing perl, i.e. /usr/bin/perl, and puts its library directories in @INC in my private build Er, no it doesn't. You've most likely got the PERL5LIB env var set. Dave.	[reply]
Re^2: Configure self-contained perl from source by eb710 (Acolyte) on May 21, 2005 at 16:50 UTC
Right! But why? and how? and where? I'm running Fedora Core 3.	[reply]
Re^3: Configure self-contained perl from source by dave_the_m (Monsignor) on May 21, 2005 at 17:09 UTC
Probably /etc/profile.d/atrpms.sh and atrpms.csh. These are pointless and should be removed. Dave.	[reply]
Re: Configure self-contained perl from source by BUU (Prior) on May 21, 2005 at 09:16 UTC
chroot?	[reply]
Re: Configure self-contained perl from source by bluto (Curate) on May 23, 2005 at 16:39 UTC
I have ... `-Dinc_version_list=none` [download] ... as part of my command line to Configure. I don't have access to Configure's documentation at the moment, so I can't verify this is correct though.	[reply] [d/l]