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authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-04-28 18:44:15 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-04-28 18:44:15 +0000
commit3b777bb48ecd6a599e86393b690784822a7a696f (patch)
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support additional library locations via $Config{otherlibdirs}
(from Andy Dougherty) p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6001
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@@ -497,9 +497,9 @@ network. One way to do that would be something like
As a final catch-all, Configure also offers an $otherlibdirs
variable. This variable contains a colon-separated list of additional
-directories to add to @INC. By default, it will be set to
-$prefix/site_perl if Configure detects that you have 5.004-era modules
-installed there. However, you can set it to anything you like.
+directories to add to @INC. By default, it will be empty.
+Perl will search these directories (including architecture and
+version-specific subdirectories) for add-on modules and extensions.
=item Man Pages