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| author | Stas Bekman <stas@stason.org> | 2001-10-10 07:57:10 +0800 |
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| committer | Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> | 2001-10-10 16:22:32 +0000 |
| commit | 11cd456717832dc5bfb7473a0667ecb3cbb5071b (patch) | |
| tree | 9bfbf01f194c4c92e5de18d5cbcd55a9c4ba2e3e /lib/FindBin.pm | |
| parent | ecfc864712c3adc100dc5f6f36fc5dfc21c6f29b (diff) | |
| download | perl-11cd456717832dc5bfb7473a0667ecb3cbb5071b.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/lib/FindBin.pm b/lib/FindBin.pm index 41cd0fa507..8be9cb6b5a 100644 --- a/lib/FindBin.pm +++ b/lib/FindBin.pm @@ -39,9 +39,23 @@ directory. $RealBin - $Bin with all links resolved $RealScript - $Script with all links resolved +=head1 KNOWN ISSUES + +If there are two modules using C<FindBin> from different directories +under the same interpreter, this won't work. Since C<FindBin> uses +C<BEGIN> block, it'll be executed only once, and only the first caller +will get it right. This is a problem under mod_perl and other persistent +Perl environments, where you shouldn't use this module. Which also means +that you should avoid using C<FindBin> in modules that you plan to put +on CPAN. The only way to make sure that C<FindBin> will work is to force +the C<BEGIN> block to be executed again: + + delete $INC{'FindBin.pm'}; + require FindBin; + =head1 KNOWN BUGS -if perl is invoked as +If perl is invoked as perl filename |