From: Niko Tyni Subject: Save local versions of CPANPLUS::Config::System into /etc/perl. This is a configuration file and needs to go in /etc by policy. Besides, /usr may not even be writable. This mirrors the Debian setup of CPAN.pm in debian/cpan_config_path. See #533707. --- lib/CPANPLUS/Configure.pm | 1 + lib/CPANPLUS/Internals/Constants.pm | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/CPANPLUS/Configure.pm b/lib/CPANPLUS/Configure.pm index 2d249e5..bbed1b8 100644 --- a/lib/CPANPLUS/Configure.pm +++ b/lib/CPANPLUS/Configure.pm @@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ Saves the configuration to the package name you provided. If this package is not C, it will be saved in your C<.cpanplus> directory, otherwise it will be attempted to be saved in the system wide directory. +(On Debian systems, this system wide directory is /etc/perl.) If no argument is provided, it will default to your personal config. diff --git a/lib/CPANPLUS/Internals/Constants.pm b/lib/CPANPLUS/Internals/Constants.pm index 1d05c98..7a5cef8 100644 --- a/lib/CPANPLUS/Internals/Constants.pm +++ b/lib/CPANPLUS/Internals/Constants.pm @@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ use constant CONFIG_USER_FILE => sub { ) . '.pm'; }; use constant CONFIG_SYSTEM_FILE => sub { + # Debian-specific shortcut + return '/etc/perl/CPANPLUS/Config/System.pm'; + require CPANPLUS::Internals; require File::Basename; my $dir = File::Basename::dirname( -- tg: (daf8b46..) debian/cpanplus_config_path (depends on: upstream)