[Bast-commits] r7783 - local-lib/1.000/trunk/lib/local

[apeiron at dev.catalyst.perl.org]

Author: apeiron
Date: 2009-10-14 01:41:56 +0000 (Wed, 14 Oct 2009)
New Revision: 7783

Modified:
   local-lib/1.000/trunk/lib/local/lib.pm
Log:
Add details about sourcing the shell config file after writing it since
apparently it is not obvious to at least four-five people, even though it is
blindingly obvious to everyone who's committed to this repo. I'll save my rant
about knowing the command line for somewhere other than a commit message.


Modified: local-lib/1.000/trunk/lib/local/lib.pm
===================================================================
--- local-lib/1.000/trunk/lib/local/lib.pm	2009-10-13 14:46:22 UTC (rev 7782)
+++ local-lib/1.000/trunk/lib/local/lib.pm	2009-10-14 01:41:56 UTC (rev 7783)
@@ -452,6 +452,11 @@
 
   echo 'eval $(perl -I$HOME/foo/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/foo)' >>~/.bashrc
 
+After writing your shell configuration file, be sure to re-read it to get the
+changed settings into your current shell's environment. Bourne shells use C<.
+~/.bashrc> for this, whereas C shells use C<source ~/.cshrc>. Replace .bashrc or
+.cshrc with the name of the file you wrote above with the echo command.
+
 If you're on a slower machine, or are operating under draconian disk space
 limitations, you can disable the automatic generation of manpages from POD when
 installing modules by using the C<--no-manpages> argument when bootstrapping: