Re^2: Changing Perl compile-time configuration settings

Actually, it's not "much more complicated" - changing the configuration files is all that I found to be needed. I briefly looked at the source of reloc_perl.bat and ActiveState::RelocateTree, and didn't find where the list of files gets passed around.

I have moved both, ActiveState and Strawberry Perl around, and the only things that needed change were Config.pm and CPAN/Config.pm.

Update: D'oh - of course, syphilis is right, Config_heavy.pl is another place that needs changing.

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Re^3: Changing Perl compile-time configuration settings by syphilis (Archbishop) on Feb 20, 2008 at 07:35 UTC
the only things that needed change were Config.pm and CPAN/Config.pm If you don't make any changes to Config_heavy.pl there will still be a number of config values pointing to the original location. I would think that would break something sooner or later. Though, I guess, perhaps the amendments made in CPAN/Config.pm override those Config_heavy.pl settings ? (I have no experience with CPAN.pm.) Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^4: Changing Perl compile-time configuration settings by Bloodrage (Monk) on Feb 20, 2008 at 21:26 UTC
CPAN's `Config.pm` almost always overrides Perl's `Config.pm` and `Config_heavy.pm`, but that's almost some modules sometimes ignore the parameters CPAN hands to the make utility and ask Perl (usually via `use Config;` in `Makefile.PL`) directly for things, often resulting in the compile borking. I'm looking at you Glib...	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Changing Perl compile-time configuration settings by Bloodrage (Monk) on Feb 20, 2008 at 11:10 UTC
...ok... scanning `ActiveState::RelocateTree`<br< /> It looks like it checks every file in the ActiveState installation (without reading too much about `File::Find`), checks with a regex in the `check` subroutine to see if they contain the `$opt{from}` string (which is the current `$Config{prefix}`), then pass the files to the `edit` subroutine which search and replaces the from location with the to location (and pads binary files). It's comprehensive brute force, and probably OTT. I should really do a grep for all files with `C:\strawberry\` and see how long the list is...	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Changing Perl compile-time configuration settings by syphilis (Archbishop) on Feb 20, 2008 at 11:52 UTC
It's comprehensive brute force, and probably OTT I haven't delved into it, but I suspect that a lot of the extra effort it goes to has more to do with PPM than anything else. I was actually quite surprised that such a beast existed .... ++ to CountZero for drawing attention to it. Cheers, Rob	[reply]