in reply to Re^2: What's the difference between the many @INC directories?
in thread What's the difference between the many @INC directories?

/etc/perl

It appears to be used for handling conflicts between the packager's expectations and Debian's layout.

Or as a repository (I find this one icky ... to me, it ought to be in /var!)

Or for Config files generated at install time.

(My Google-fu is strong)

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