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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