in reply to Dynamic $^X

If I wanted to strictly control the versions of perl and modules used by my application, I would distribute the required versions with the application, to application specific bin and library directories. All the application scripts could then use the application specific perl in their shebang lines and would be immune to any changes to /usr/bin/perl or its libraries.

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Re^2: Dynamic $^X
by Argel (Prior) on Oct 27, 2010 at 16:41 UTC
    This cannot be said too many times! I lost count of the number of times using the OS Perl has bit a developer or a sysadmin over the years! But as we can see, people want to jump through white hot flaming hoops of fire over deadly sharp shards of glass to avoid doing it the right way.... :-(

    Elda Taluta; Sarks Sark; Ark Arks
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