Perl is installed in /lib, but Config.pm indicates it is in /usr/local/lib

Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Thu Nov 29 01:15:00 GMT 2007


Etienne wrote:
> I have been trying to build rrdtool and as I watched it run I noticed a 
> problem with Perl and TCL./TK.  Both indicated that they were installed 
> in /usr/local/lib.  I tried a clean install of cygwin, but it still 
> installed them into /lib.  I checked Config.pm and it still indicates 
> that it is in /usr/local/lib.  Why is there a discrepancy?
> 
> I am running the latest version of cygwin

Neither the Cygwin TCL/TK nor the Cygwin Perl package install anything in
/usr/local.  See:

<http://cygwin.com/packages/perl/perl-5.8.6-4>
<http://cygwin.com/packages/tcltk/tcltk-20060202-1>

Perhaps looking at the output of 'cygcheck -s -r -v' would help you
find the errant installations?

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