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From:
Jon Gentle
Date:
March 7, 2023 14:48
Subject:
Re: Managing Perl installations
Message ID:
CAAnyo5HP0=W7HWenEcH==vJKaRtofG2ky6Wxr5FLa_paL_pVHg@mail.gmail.com
On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 4:57 AM Ovid <curtis.poe@gmail.com> wrote:
> What I would love, out of the box is something like this:
>
>     perl -MInstall::Local -E 'install' options for configure
>
> With that bit of hand-waving, I have a local, per-client Perl, configured how the client needs it, and automatically pointing to local (per directory) CPAN installations. This allows me to create an isolated setup that doesn't risk interfering with another Perl installation or its modules.
>
> Best,
> Ovid

This is the use case that App::MechaCPAN was designed for: producing a
completely self contained local/. It has no non-core dependencies, can
build and install a perl binary into local/, and by default will
automatically include local/ and lib/ into @INC.

https://metacpan.org/pod/App::MechaCPAN

-Jon Gentle

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