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Re: Perl 5.14.2 seems to expect gcc-4


On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Achim Gratz  wrote:
> Aaron Schneider writes:
>> Since a lot of people are having issues because 'perl_vendor' is not
>> installed when should, wouldn't be better to set perl_vendor as a
>> mandatory dependency of perl so just everyone gets it installed? I
>> guess package size won't be an issue.
>
> No, please don't — I have compiled my own perl packages and need
> perl_vendor to stay out of the way.  If anything this would be a hint
> that hiding packages in perl_vendor, while helping to keep the number of
> packages down, doesn't help people finding what they need.

Please don't spread fud. Self-compiled cpan packages are always
favored over vendor packages. See your @INC.
-- 
Reini Urban
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