Description of Problem: According to standard Unix practice, and according to http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/ref-guide/s1-filesystem- fhs.html /usr is for the vendor-supplied parts of the OS, and /usr/local is for site-local additions. This is so that a system administrator can upgrade by making a backup of /usr/local, upgrading, and restoring /usr/local. Therefore, if I install a Perl module for which there is no RPM, it should go in /usr/local/perl/lib/$VERSION/$ARCHNAME . However, the standard Perl installed with Red Hat 7.2 (and probably later versions) doesn't look in /usr/local. The following directories ought to be added to Perl's @INC: /usr/local/perl/lib/$VERSION/$ARCHNAME /usr/local/perl/lib/$VERSION /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/$APIVERSION/$ARCHNAME /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/$APIVERSION (where "$VERSION" etc. are from Perl's Config module.) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: Expected Results: Additional Information:
When will this be fixed? It is still a problem in Red Hat Linux 8.0 BTW, bugs 60853 and 63121 appear to be duplicates of each other.
*** Bug 63121 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Still an issue in FC4? I think it isn't, but I would like confirmation.
Closing due to lack of response. There is a newer report somewhere asking for this elsewhere.