If USE="perl" is set, dev-utils/subversion-1.1.0 puts its perl modules in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl instead of modules in /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. USE="perl" emerge subversion Actual Results: Perl modules were installed to /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl Expected Results: Perl modules should be installed to /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6. 8-gentoo-r3) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2 /share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache sandbox userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.acm.cs.rpi.edu/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl alsa apache2 apm arts artswrappersuid avi berkdb bitmap-fonts canna cdr cjk crypt cups directfb dvd emacs encode esd faac faad fbcon fbdev flac flaci foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imlib innodb ipv6 jabber java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad matroska mikmod mmx mng motif mpeg msn mule mysql ncurses nls nocd oggvorbis opengl oscar oss pam pdflib perl php pic png posix ppds python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga szip tcltk tcpd tetex theora timidity truetype usb vim-with-x wxwindows x86 xml2 xmms xosd xprint xrandr xv xvid yahoo zlib"
If anyone cares to explain to me what is the policy about this I'll be happy to create a hack in the ebuild to move all the perl stuff around (assuming it will work just similarly). I don't really know about perl.
There is no policy for this. We place perl modules in vendor-perl via the eclass so that CPAN modules don't overwrite core distribution modules, and thanks to the patch to reverse @INC vendor takes precedence over the core modules. For an explanation on this bit, you'd have to go the lists and changelogs and look for information on the MakeMaker debacle (just look for flames aimed at me and you'll be almost there). So, installing perl modules in site isn't *wrong*. Yes, it is against the average installation on a gentoo box, but it is a perfectly legitimate place to put it. I can take a look at changing the install location if you'd like, Paul (knowing this is your package), but installing to site doesn't break anything, and isn't a violation of anything.
I had the idea that it is a bit like placing something in /usr/local, it does work, but it isn't really supposed to. If you think it is better to move the modules (to the cost of needing to move them), or even use the eclass I wouldn't mind. If you decide to use the eclass, I'd like to see a diff though ;-)
Fixed in subversion-1.1.1-r1, thanks I used INSTALLDIRS=vendor just like perl-module.eclass
