Broken perl configuration

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Feb 21, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Bruce Miller <bruce.miller at nist.gov> wrote:
>> yes. What I'm saying is if you do ${prefix}/bin/perl Makefile.PL && make && make install you're installing something into MacPorts' ${prefix} that MacPorts doesn't know about - it's much better to use 'port' to manage installs and whatnot for ${prefix}
> 
> Well, I don't quite say that: My instructions for users that want
> to mess with svn checkout is simply
>  perl Makefile.PL
>  make
>  (sudo) make install
> 
> Under normal circumstances they'd be getting "the" perl
> (with macports, presumably the one isntalled in /opt/local/bin ?)
> 
> So, it seems that $prefix IS the one that macports should know about.


yes, you are telling your users to install stuff into ${prefix} without using the 'port' command. This means they are installing files that MacPorts doesn't know about.

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