Perhaps you missed the part where I said I de-installed AS Perl 5.8.8 before installing AS Perl 5.10.0?

No. I saw that.

In fact, AS Perl 5.10.0 won't let you install when it detects a previous version.

Really. That's strange because I have 5.8.6(AS811), 5.8.8(AS817) and 5.10 Beta all installed concurrently?

Granted, I probably should have confirmed the perl directory was wiped but if AS refused to install prior to the de-install and happily agreed after, how was I to know it did not do its job correctly?

I think it is optimistic to expect that an uninstall will remove stuff added to the install directories after the initial install. And if it did, it would prevent my being able to install a minor version upgrade over an existing install and so retain all the packages I already installed.

Indeed, I think it would be disasterous for it to try and work out what you might have installed using CPAN, CPANPLUS, PPM, and all the various manual install mechanisms. I also keep a lot of Perl related stuff, additional docs, various home generated scripts and modules, and the perl sources within the overall Perl directory tree. What should it do with those?

There are times when I prefer software to allow me to decide what I want to do.

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
"Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."

In reply to Re^3: Detect which version of perl an XS module is linked against? by BrowserUk
in thread Detect which version of perl an XS module is linked against? by Limbic~Region

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