Ticket #4676: perl-new.patch

packages.ent

@@ -553 +553 @@
 <!ENTITY patch-fin-du "12 MB">
 <!ENTITY patch-fin-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY perl-version "5.30.3">
+<!ENTITY perl-version-major "5">
+<!ENTITY perl-version-minor "30">
+<!ENTITY perl-version-patch "3">
+<!ENTITY perl-version-min "&perl-version-major;.&perl-version-minor;">
+<!ENTITY perl-version "&perl-version-major;.&perl-version-minor;.&perl-version-patch;">
 <!ENTITY perl-size "12,088 KB">
 <!ENTITY perl-url "https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-&perl-version;.tar.xz">
 <!ENTITY perl-md5 "0af2ab0f01ec13e37cc13a27de930936">
 <!ENTITY perl-home "https://www.perl.org/">
 <!ENTITY perl-tmp-du "261 MB">

chapter07/perl.xml

@@ -45 +45 @@
 
     <para>Prepare Perl for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+    <screen><userinput remap="configure">sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr \
+             -Dvendorprefix=/usr           \
+             -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl5/core_perl \
+             -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl5/&perl-version-min;/core_perl \
+             -Dsitelib=/usr/share/perl5/site_perl \
+             -Dsitearch=/usr/lib/perl5/&perl-version-min;/site_perl \
+             -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl \
+             -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5/&perl-version-min;/vendor_perl</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the new Configure options:</title>

chapter08/perl.xml

@@ -63 +63 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr                 \
                   -Dvendorprefix=/usr           \
+                  -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl5/core_perl \
+                  -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl5/&perl-version-min;/core_perl \
+                  -Dsitelib=/usr/share/perl5/site_perl \
+                  -Dsitearch=/usr/lib/perl5/&perl-version-min;/site_perl \
+                  -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl \
+                  -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5/&perl-version-min;/vendor_perl \
                   -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 \
                   -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 \
                   -Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR"  \
@@ -98 +104 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>-Dprivlib,-Darchlib,-Dsitelib,...</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This switches defines where Perl is looking for installed
+          modules. The LFS editors chose to put them in a directory structure
+          based on the Major.Minor version of Perl (&perl-version-min;) which
+          allows upgrading Perl to newer Patch levels (&perl-version;) without
+          the need to reinstall all of the modules again.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>-Duseshrplib</parameter></term>
         <listitem>