When upgrading from perl-5.00503-10.i386.rpm which comes with RH6.2 to perl-5.00503-12.i386.rpm which is the latest update of perl for the 6.2 release of RH Linux, any localized customizations get removed. For example, if you've installed any perl modules, which typically get installed in the /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/ hierarchy, and upgrade (using the -U flag to rpm) perl, everything under this hierarchy gets deleted. This is broken behavior and should be fixed. It is completely unacceptable to cripple an infrastructure dependant upon installed perl modules when all you intend to do is upgrade the core perl installation itself. This behavior should be fixed a.s.a.p.! Thanks.
Hmmm, Let's see: Bug logged: 2001-01-26 13:30:06 Priority: High Status: NEW Something doesn't quite make sense here. It was logged almost 11 months ago, has priority of "High", yet it still has a status of "NEW". It you guys 11 months to notify me that you've done nothing? Outstanding! I suppose I ought to be greatfull, since MS doesn't even acknowledge that they have bugs :) Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year. P.S. Please send me another update next year sometime :)
Whoops, pipe last update through sed 's/greatful/grateful/g' :) Seeya, Paul
rpm -Uvh removed your entire site_perl directory, removing modules you had installed? RPM won't delete files it doesn't know about. I will try to reproduce in a clean 6.2 environment, but are you certain there wasn't something different in your setup? and sorry, the update is this year :)