From @sciurius

The INSTALL document says that $sitelib is
$prefix/lib/perl5/site_perl by default, but after

sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr -Dinstallprefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr -Darchname=${RPM_ARCH}-linux -Dd_dosuid

it turns out to be $prefix/lib/site_perl instead.

From @doughera88

On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Johan Vromans wrote​:

The INSTALL document says that $sitelib is
$prefix/lib/perl5/site_perl by default, but after

sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr -Dinstallprefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr -Darchname=${RPM_ARCH}-linux -Dd_dosuid

it turns out to be $prefix/lib/site_perl instead.

Ouch. I see where the offending line in Configure is. I'm pretty
sure I want to follow INSTALL here and change Configure, but I have a
nagging feeling there was something else going on too. I'd
better go back and check to make sure there wasn't another reason
for this that just escapes me at the moment. If anyone else can jog
my memory or point me at the appropriate place in the archives, I'd
appreciate it.

  Andy Dougherty doughera@​lafayette.edu
  Dept. of Physics
  Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042

From @doughera88

On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Andy Dougherty wrote​:

On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Johan Vromans wrote​:

The INSTALL document says that $sitelib is
$prefix/lib/perl5/site_perl by default, but after

sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr -Dinstallprefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr -Darchname=${RPM_ARCH}-linux -Dd_dosuid

it turns out to be $prefix/lib/site_perl instead.

Ouch. I see where the offending line in Configure is. I'm pretty
sure I want to follow INSTALL here and change Configure, but I have a
nagging feeling there was something else going on too. I'd
better go back and check to make sure there wasn't another reason
for this that just escapes me at the moment. If anyone else can jog
my memory or point me at the appropriate place in the archives, I'd
appreciate it.

Well, staring at it again a week later, it still looks wrong, so here's
the patch to fix Configure to match up with INSTALL.

Thanks for spotting this.

  Andy Dougherty doughera@​lafayette.edu

--- perl/Configure	Fri Dec 10 14:43:44 1999
+++ andy/Configure	Wed Dec 22 14:19:29 1999
@@ -6778,7 +6783,7 @@
 : XXX No longer works with Prefixit stuff.
 prog=`echo $package | $sed 's/-*[0-9.]*$//'`
 case "$installstyle" in
-*lib/perl5*) dflt=$siteprefix/lib/site_$prog ;;
+*lib/perl5*) dflt=$siteprefix/lib/$package/site_$prog ;;
 *)	 dflt=$siteprefix/lib/site_$prog ;;
 esac
 $cat <<EOM