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Hello folks,

I have got kind of a "philosophical" question: I pleased the unix
administrator of the sun box on which we run our database to install a
few CPAN-modules (expecting that he will save them in the site_perl-
directory of the perl-installation shipped with the OS). He refused
this with the argument that this could have detrimental effects on the
operating system.

He suggests to install a "local" perl version for the application
login we use to administrate the database (e.g. /export/home/
<loginname>/perl). Used to deploy perl in a "standard" fashion I do
not want to fiddle around with include paths etc. (and since the box
is dedicated to host ONLY "my" database, I expect that the overall
system is taylored to the needs of the application administrators).

What do You think about the admin's suggestion and are there any
drawbacks apart from the mentioned @INC-stuff when we deviate from the
"standard" installation? (does the OS rely on the installed perl at
all or does one have to regard this as a "goody" for the admin and
possible developers?)

Looking forward to a fruitful discussion.

Cheers


Bernd