MIME::Base64 rpm problems

[Julian Field]

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In the construction of the MIME::Base64 module, there is a test to see if
you are running Perl 5.8.0 or newer. If you are, it tries to install over
the top of the Perl-supplied files, instead of installing separately in the
site_perl directory like other people do.

So on any system older than Perl 5.8.0, it works fine. But run it on 5.8.0
or above and the installation overwrites the Perl-supplied files, which
causes all the RPM problems.

I don't want to change this, as the author must have done it for a reason.

I will contact them and try to find out what happened and why he has done this.

Anyone know anything about differences between 5.6.1 and 5.8.0 when it
comes to the order in which the @INC path is searched, particularly for
shared C modules.
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Julian Field
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