DBD::mysql question

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 30, 2011, at 21:29, Daniel J. Luke wrote:

> On Oct 30, 2011, at 5:23 PM, Joshua Root wrote:
>> I'm not very familiar with CPAN, but if it can be configured to install
>> somewhere other than the default location, that would be fine. We should
>> really modify its defaults so using it won't cause conflicts with p5
>> ports. Same goes for similar tools for other languages like
>> easy_install/pip, gem, and so on.
> 
> 
> The way things work now:
> 
> we install into a vendor_perl directory, cpan installs into a 'site' (local) directory.
> 
> If you install a macports module and the same module from cpan, they both install (into their own directories).
> 
> The way we have macports perl configured, it will search your site (local) directory, then the vendor directory, then the directory where all the stuff that ships with perl lives.
> 
> This means, that your site (local/cpan) installed modules will override what macports installs (which may or may not be what you want).

Ok, that's actually better than I anticipated. :)