unexpected use lib behavior

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

Fellow monks,
I'm getting unexpected behavior using use lib; It seems that the only directory my module can be found in is a subdirectory of the directory out of which the pages are being served. Also, when I don't use lib; and put the module in my PERL5LIB directory, Perl complains that it cannot be found. I have verified that all is setup correctly. Here is what I have: (in the script)

use lib "/home/davidj/perl/lib/survey";
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directory listing:

andromeda:davidj lib > pwd
/home/davidj/perl/lib/survey
andromeda:davidj survey > ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 davidj users 1444 Oct 23 03:09 survey.pm
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http error output:

[Mon Oct 23 03:23:49 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Can't locate sur
+vey.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/davidj/perl/lib/survey /usr/lib/
+perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi .....
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I have tested other directories and nothing seems to work. However, if I do this:

use lib "/var/www/cgi-bin/survey/lib/";
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and put the module file in that directory, with the pages being served out of /var/www/cgi-bin/survey, it all works fine.

It is fine for me to store modules in the application subdirectories. I'm just wondering why Perl cannot find them anywhere else, including my exported PERL5LIB directory.

davidj

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Re: unexpected use lib behavior by Tomte (Priest) on Oct 23, 2006 at 09:49 UTC
While the file survey.pm is readable by everyone (rw-r--r--), is the directory /home/davidj/perl/lib/survey accessible by the user the www-server runs as (r-x for others the whole way down)? regards, tomte An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. -- Albert Camus	[reply]
Re^2: unexpected use lib behavior by davidj (Priest) on Oct 23, 2006 at 09:54 UTC
Well, dang it. I thought I had resolved the directory permissions, but I didn't. Thanks all, davidj	[reply]
Re: unexpected use lib behavior by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Oct 23, 2006 at 09:50 UTC
I think you'll find it is to do with the permissions on the directories. /J\	[reply]
Re: unexpected use lib behavior by tinita (Parson) on Oct 23, 2006 at 09:47 UTC
well, you don't show your code where you `use survey;`. are you doing this before the `use lib` line maybe?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: unexpected use lib behavior by andyford (Curate) on Oct 23, 2006 at 09:44 UTC
Are you forgetting to "use survey"? andyford or non-Perl: Andy Ford	[reply]
Re^2: unexpected use lib behavior by davidj (Priest) on Oct 23, 2006 at 09:51 UTC
I am not forgetting. The problem happens only when I take the module out of an app subdirectory and change the corresponding `use lib;`directory. `#!/usr/bin/perl -T use strict; use warnings; #use lib "/var/www/cgi-bin/survey/lib"; use lib "/home/davidj/perl/lib/survey"; use CGI qw/standard/; use survey;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]