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diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod index 1f53c26794..c54c508158 100644 --- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod +++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod @@ -1293,6 +1293,16 @@ the dist-users mailing list along these lines. They have been folded back into the main distribution, but various parts of the perl Configure/build/install process still assume src='.'. +=item Directory for vendor-supplied modules? + +If a vendor supplies perl, but wants to leave $siteperl and $sitearch +for the local user to use, where should the vendor put vendor-supplied +modules (such as Tk.so?) If the vendor puts them in $archlib, then +they need to be updated each time the perl version is updated. +Perhaps we need a set of libries $vendorperl and $vendorarch that +track $apiversion (like the $sitexxx directories do) rather than +just $version (like the main perl directory). + =item Hint file fixes Various hint files work around Configure problems. We ought to fix |