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diff --git a/abs/core/perl/PKGBUILD b/abs/core/perl/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b05045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abs/core/perl/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# $Id: PKGBUILD 8709 2008-08-16 04:12:51Z eric $
+# Maintainer: judd <jvinet@zeroflux.org>
+pkgname=perl
+pkgver=5.10.0
+pkgrel=13
+pkgdesc="Practical Extraction and Report Language"
+arch=(i686 x86_64)
+license=('GPL' 'PerlArtistic')
+url="http://www.perl.org"
+groups=('base')
+depends=('gdbm' 'db>=4.7' 'coreutils' 'glibc' 'sh')
+# for site_perl this is needed!
+#test without options=('emptydirs')
+source=(http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/perl-${pkgver}.tar.gz
+#   http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/P/PM/PMQS/DB_File-1.814.tar.gz
+    perlbin.sh perl-5.8.6-picdl.patch0
+    perl-5.10.0-archlinux-inc-order.patch)
+install=perl.install
+provides=(
+# extra
+perl-archive-tar perl-compress-raw-zlib perl-compress-zlib
+perl-extutils-cbuilder perl-io-compress-base perl-io-compress-zlib perl-io-zlib
+perl-module-pluggable perl-pod-escapes perl-pod-simple perl-module-build
+perl-version
+
+# aur
+perl-archive-extract perl-cpanplus perl-digest-sha perl-extutils-parsexs
+perl-file-fetch perl-ipc-cmd perl-locale-maketext-simple perl-log-message
+perl-log-message-simple perl-module-corelist perl-module-load
+perl-module-load-conditional perl-module-loaded perl-module-pluggable
+perl-object-accessor perl-params-check perl-term-ui perl-time-piece
+)
+md5sums=('d2c39b002ebfd2c3c5dba589365c5a71'
+         '9c4e3e56d71f123e92a68986df5ea924'
+         '319b56a7ce715fb7a494fe4d5cb9474c'
+         '0e4853bd75ee36b8f4c70b78c707b2fa')
+
+build() {
+  cd ${startdir}/src/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
+
+  # Update some modules provided with perl:
+  # replace the old DB_File with the newest one from CPAN,
+  # since it supports sleepycat's db 4.1.x
+#  cd ext
+#  rm -rf DB_File
+#  mv $startdir/src/DB_File-1.814 ./DB_File
+
+  cd ${startdir}/src/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
+  patch -Np0 -i ../perl-5.10.0-archlinux-inc-order.patch
+
+  if [ "${CARCH}" = "x86_64" ]; then
+    # for x86_64
+    arch_opts="-Dcccdlflags='-fPIC'"
+    patch -Np0 -i ../perl-5.8.6-picdl.patch0 || return 1
+  else 
+    # for i686
+    arch_opts=""
+  fi
+  ./Configure -des -Dusethreads -Doptimize="${CFLAGS}" -Dprefix=/usr \
+    -Dinstallprefix=${startdir}/pkg/usr -Dvendorprefix=/usr \
+    -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl5/core_perl \
+    -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl \
+    -Dsitelib=/usr/share/perl5/site_perl/${pkgver} \
+    -Dsitearch=/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/${pkgver} \
+    -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl \
+    -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl \
+    -Dotherlibdirs=/usr/lib/perl5/current:/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current \
+    -Dscriptdir='/usr/bin/perlbin/core' \
+    -Dsitescript='/usr/bin/perlbin/site' \
+    -Dvendorscript='/usr/bin/perlbin/vendor' \
+    -Dman1ext=1perl -Dman3ext=3perl ${arch_opts}
+
+  make || return 1
+  make install
+
+  ### Perl Settings ###
+  # Change man page extensions for site and vendor module builds.
+  sed -e '/^man1ext=/ s/1perl/1p/' -e '/^man3ext=/ s/3perl/3pm/' \
+      -i ${startdir}/pkg/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/Config_heavy.pl
+
+  ### CPAN Settings ###
+  # Set CPAN default config to use the site directories.
+  sed -e '/(makepl_arg =>/   s/""/"INSTALLDIRS=site"/' \
+      -e '/(mbuildpl_arg =>/ s/""/"installdirs=site"/' \
+      -i ${startdir}/pkg/usr/share/perl5/core_perl/CPAN/FirstTime.pm
+
+  ### CPANPLUS Settings ###
+  # Set CPANPLUS default config to use the site directories.
+  sed -e "/{'makemakerflags'}/ s/'';/'INSTALLDIRS=site';/" \
+      -e "/{'buildflags'}/     s/'';/'installdirs=site';/" \
+      -i ${startdir}/pkg/usr/share/perl5/core_perl/CPANPLUS/Config.pm
+
+  # Profile script so set paths to perl scripts.
+  install -D -m755 ${startdir}/src/perlbin.sh \
+                   ${startdir}/pkg/etc/profile.d/perlbin.sh
+
+  (cd ${startdir}/pkg/usr/bin; mv perl${pkgver} perl)
+  (cd ${startdir}/pkg/usr/bin/perlbin/core; \
+      ln -sf c2ph pstruct; ln -sf s2p psed)
+  grep -Rl "${startdir}/pkg" ${startdir}/pkg/usr | \
+      xargs sed -i "s^${startdir}/pkg^^g"
+}
diff --git a/abs/core/perl/archlinux-cpan-installdir.patch b/abs/core/perl/archlinux-cpan-installdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e005d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abs/core/perl/archlinux-cpan-installdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Some modules which are included in the perl core set INSTALLDIRS => 'perl'
+explicitly in Makefile.PL.  This makes sense for the normal @INC ordering but
+not for Arch Linux.  Provide a sensible default.
+
+Thanks to Charles Mauch (xterminus) for his work on the initial patch.
+
+--- lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm.orig	2007-11-04 22:35:31.000000000 -0500
++++ lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm	2007-11-04 22:37:59.000000000 -0500
+@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
+ 
+ };
+ 
+-    $default = $CPAN::Config->{makepl_arg} || "";
++    $default = $CPAN::Config->{makepl_arg} || "INSTALLDIRS=site";
+     $CPAN::Config->{makepl_arg} =
+ 	prompt("Parameters for the 'perl Makefile.PL' command?
+ Typical frequently used settings:
diff --git a/abs/core/perl/archlinux-inc-order.patch b/abs/core/perl/archlinux-inc-order.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0c7a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abs/core/perl/archlinux-inc-order.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+Tweak @INC so that the ordering is:
+	site (5.8.8)
+	vendor (all)
+	core (5.8.8)
+	obsolete (pre-5.8.8-9) vendor builds
+
+The rationale being that an admin (via site), or module packager (vendor) can
+chose to shadow core modules when there is a newer version than is included in
+core.
+
+Thanks to Charles Mauch (xterminus) for his work on the initial patch.
+
+--- perl.c.orig	2006-01-31 07:34:47.000000000 -0500
++++ perl.c	2007-10-31 22:46:56.000000000 -0400
+@@ -4771,44 +4771,12 @@
+ 
+ /* Use the ~-expanded versions of APPLLIB (undocumented),
+     ARCHLIB PRIVLIB SITEARCH SITELIB VENDORARCH and VENDORLIB
++    Arch Linux: SITEARCH SITELIB VENDORARCH VENDORLIB ARCHLIB PRIVLIB OTHER
+ */
+ #ifdef APPLLIB_EXP
+     incpush(APPLLIB_EXP, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE);
+ #endif
+ 
+-#ifdef ARCHLIB_EXP
+-    incpush(ARCHLIB_EXP, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
+-#endif
+-#ifdef MACOS_TRADITIONAL
+-    {
+-	Stat_t tmpstatbuf;
+-    	SV * privdir = NEWSV(55, 0);
+-	char * macperl = PerlEnv_getenv("MACPERL");
+-	
+-	if (!macperl)
+-	    macperl = "";
+-	
+-	Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ privdir, "%slib:", macperl);
+-	if (PerlLIO_stat(SvPVX(privdir), &tmpstatbuf) >= 0 && S_ISDIR(tmpstatbuf.st_mode))
+-	    incpush(SvPVX(privdir), TRUE, FALSE, TRUE);
+-	Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ privdir, "%ssite_perl:", macperl);
+-	if (PerlLIO_stat(SvPVX(privdir), &tmpstatbuf) >= 0 && S_ISDIR(tmpstatbuf.st_mode))
+-	    incpush(SvPVX(privdir), TRUE, FALSE, TRUE);
+-	
+-   	SvREFCNT_dec(privdir);
+-    }
+-    if (!PL_tainting)
+-	incpush(":", FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
+-#else
+-#ifndef PRIVLIB_EXP
+-#  define PRIVLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl"
+-#endif
+-#if defined(WIN32)
+-    incpush(PRIVLIB_EXP, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE);
+-#else
+-    incpush(PRIVLIB_EXP, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
+-#endif
+-
+ #ifdef SITEARCH_EXP
+     /* sitearch is always relative to sitelib on Windows for
+      * DLL-based path intuition to work correctly */
+@@ -4850,6 +4818,40 @@
+     incpush(PERL_VENDORLIB_STEM, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);
+ #endif
+ 
++/* Arch Linux: core libs after site and vendor libs. */
++#ifdef ARCHLIB_EXP
++    incpush(ARCHLIB_EXP, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
++#endif
++#ifdef MACOS_TRADITIONAL
++    {
++	Stat_t tmpstatbuf;
++    	SV * privdir = NEWSV(55, 0);
++	char * macperl = PerlEnv_getenv("MACPERL");
++	
++	if (!macperl)
++	    macperl = "";
++	
++	Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ privdir, "%slib:", macperl);
++	if (PerlLIO_stat(SvPVX(privdir), &tmpstatbuf) >= 0 && S_ISDIR(tmpstatbuf.st_mode))
++	    incpush(SvPVX(privdir), TRUE, FALSE, TRUE);
++	Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ privdir, "%ssite_perl:", macperl);
++	if (PerlLIO_stat(SvPVX(privdir), &tmpstatbuf) >= 0 && S_ISDIR(tmpstatbuf.st_mode))
++	    incpush(SvPVX(privdir), TRUE, FALSE, TRUE);
++	
++   	SvREFCNT_dec(privdir);
++    }
++    if (!PL_tainting)
++	incpush(":", FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
++#else
++#ifndef PRIVLIB_EXP
++#  define PRIVLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl"
++#endif
++#if defined(WIN32)
++    incpush(PRIVLIB_EXP, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE);
++#else
++    incpush(PRIVLIB_EXP, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
++#endif
++
+ #ifdef PERL_OTHERLIBDIRS
+     incpush(PERL_OTHERLIBDIRS, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE);
+ #endif
diff --git a/abs/core/perl/perl-5.10.0-archlinux-cpan-installdir.patch b/abs/core/perl/perl-5.10.0-archlinux-cpan-installdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0770a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abs/core/perl/perl-5.10.0-archlinux-cpan-installdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm.orig	2007-12-24 23:21:42.000000000 -0500
++++ lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm	2007-12-24 23:26:04.000000000 -0500
+@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@
+     }
+ 
+     if (!$matcher or 'makepl_arg make_arg' =~ /$matcher/) {
+-        my_dflt_prompt(makepl_arg => "", $matcher);
++        my_dflt_prompt(makepl_arg => "INSTALLDIRS=site", $matcher);
+         my_dflt_prompt(make_arg => "", $matcher);
+     }
+ 
diff --git a/abs/core/perl/perl-5.10.0-archlinux-inc-order.patch b/abs/core/perl/perl-5.10.0-archlinux-inc-order.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c85eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abs/core/perl/perl-5.10.0-archlinux-inc-order.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+Tweak @INC so that the ordering is:
+	site (5.8.8)
+	vendor (all)
+	core (5.8.8)
+	obsolete (pre-5.8.8-9) vendor builds
+
+The rationale being that an admin (via site), or module packager (vendor) can
+chose to shadow core modules when there is a newer version than is included in
+core.
+
+Thanks to Charles Mauch (xterminus) for his work on the initial patch.
+
+--- perl.c.orig	2007-12-18 05:47:08.000000000 -0500
++++ perl.c	2007-12-24 23:15:23.000000000 -0500
+@@ -4748,44 +4748,12 @@
+ 
+ /* Use the ~-expanded versions of APPLLIB (undocumented),
+     ARCHLIB PRIVLIB SITEARCH SITELIB VENDORARCH and VENDORLIB
++    Arch Linux: SITEARCH SITELIB VENDORARCH VENDORLIB ARCHLIB PRIVLIB OTHER
+ */
+ #ifdef APPLLIB_EXP
+     incpush(APPLLIB_EXP, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE);
+ #endif
+ 
+-#ifdef ARCHLIB_EXP
+-    incpush(ARCHLIB_EXP, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);
+-#endif
+-#ifdef MACOS_TRADITIONAL
+-    {
+-	Stat_t tmpstatbuf;
+-    	SV * privdir = newSV(0);
+-	char * macperl = PerlEnv_getenv("MACPERL");
+-	
+-	if (!macperl)
+-	    macperl = "";
+-	
+-	Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ privdir, "%slib:", macperl);
+-	if (PerlLIO_stat(SvPVX(privdir), &tmpstatbuf) >= 0 && S_ISDIR(tmpstatbuf.st_mode))
+-	    incpush(SvPVX(privdir), TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE);
+-	Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ privdir, "%ssite_perl:", macperl);
+-	if (PerlLIO_stat(SvPVX(privdir), &tmpstatbuf) >= 0 && S_ISDIR(tmpstatbuf.st_mode))
+-	    incpush(SvPVX(privdir), TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE);
+-	
+-   	SvREFCNT_dec(privdir);
+-    }
+-    if (!PL_tainting)
+-	incpush(":", FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE);
+-#else
+-#ifndef PRIVLIB_EXP
+-#  define PRIVLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl"
+-#endif
+-#if defined(WIN32)
+-    incpush(PRIVLIB_EXP, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);
+-#else
+-    incpush(PRIVLIB_EXP, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);
+-#endif
+-
+ #ifdef SITEARCH_EXP
+     /* sitearch is always relative to sitelib on Windows for
+      * DLL-based path intuition to work correctly */
+@@ -4828,6 +4796,40 @@
+     incpush(PERL_VENDORLIB_STEM, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE);
+ #endif
+ 
++/* Arch Linux: core libs after site and vendor libs. */
++#ifdef ARCHLIB_EXP
++    incpush(ARCHLIB_EXP, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);
++#endif
++#ifdef MACOS_TRADITIONAL
++    {
++	Stat_t tmpstatbuf;
++    	SV * privdir = newSV(0);
++	char * macperl = PerlEnv_getenv("MACPERL");
++	
++	if (!macperl)
++	    macperl = "";
++	
++	Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ privdir, "%slib:", macperl);
++	if (PerlLIO_stat(SvPVX(privdir), &tmpstatbuf) >= 0 && S_ISDIR(tmpstatbuf.st_mode))
++	    incpush(SvPVX(privdir), TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE);
++	Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ privdir, "%ssite_perl:", macperl);
++	if (PerlLIO_stat(SvPVX(privdir), &tmpstatbuf) >= 0 && S_ISDIR(tmpstatbuf.st_mode))
++	    incpush(SvPVX(privdir), TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE);
++	
++   	SvREFCNT_dec(privdir);
++    }
++    if (!PL_tainting)
++	incpush(":", FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE);
++#else
++#ifndef PRIVLIB_EXP
++#  define PRIVLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5:/usr/local/lib/perl"
++#endif
++#if defined(WIN32)
++    incpush(PRIVLIB_EXP, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);
++#else
++    incpush(PRIVLIB_EXP, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);
++#endif
++
+ #ifdef PERL_OTHERLIBDIRS
+     incpush(PERL_OTHERLIBDIRS, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE);
+ #endif
diff --git a/abs/core/perl/perl-5.8.6-picdl.patch0 b/abs/core/perl/perl-5.8.6-picdl.patch0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f69a680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abs/core/perl/perl-5.8.6-picdl.patch0
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- Makefile.SH.orig	2003-11-29 01:16:15.000000000 -0800
++++ Makefile.SH	2003-11-29 01:16:52.000000000 -0800
+@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@
+ 
+ 	;;
+ 
+-*)	pldlflags=''
+-	static_target='static'
++*)	pldlflags="$cccdlflags"
++	static_target='static_pic'
+ 	;;
+ esac
+ 
diff --git a/abs/core/perl/perl-5.8.8-gcc-4.2.0.patch b/abs/core/perl/perl-5.8.8-gcc-4.2.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..679a7ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abs/core/perl/perl-5.8.8-gcc-4.2.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- perl-5.8.x/makedepend.SH	2006-06-13 15:31:22.000000000 -0400
++++ perl-5.8.x-andy/makedepend.SH	2006-07-25 14:45:11.000000000 -0400
+@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
+             -e '/^#.*<builtin>/d' \
+             -e '/^#.*<built-in>/d' \
+             -e '/^#.*<command line>/d' \
++            -e '/^#.*<command-line>/d' \
+ 	    -e '/^#.*"-"/d' \
+ 	    -e '/: file path prefix .* never used$/d' \
+ 	    -e 's#\.[0-9][0-9]*\.c#'"$file.c#" \
diff --git a/abs/core/perl/perl-5.8.8-utf-regexes.patch b/abs/core/perl/perl-5.8.8-utf-regexes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5799fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abs/core/perl/perl-5.8.8-utf-regexes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+CVE-2007-5116 perl regular expression UTF parsing errors
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=323571
+
+--- regcomp.c	2006-01-08 12:59:27.000000000 -0800
++++ regcomp.c	2007-10-05 12:07:55.000000000 -0700
+@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@
+     I32		extralen;
+     I32		seen_zerolen;
+     I32		seen_evals;
+-    I32		utf8;
++    I32		utf8;			/* pattern is utf8 or not */
++    I32		orig_utf8;		/* pattern was originally utf8 */
+ #if ADD_TO_REGEXEC
+     char 	*starttry;		/* -Dr: where regtry was called. */
+ #define RExC_starttry	(pRExC_state->starttry)
+@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@
+ #define RExC_seen_zerolen	(pRExC_state->seen_zerolen)
+ #define RExC_seen_evals	(pRExC_state->seen_evals)
+ #define RExC_utf8	(pRExC_state->utf8)
++#define RExC_orig_utf8	(pRExC_state->orig_utf8)
+ 
+ #define	ISMULT1(c)	((c) == '*' || (c) == '+' || (c) == '?')
+ #define	ISMULT2(s)	((*s) == '*' || (*s) == '+' || (*s) == '?' || \
+@@ -1749,15 +1751,17 @@
+     if (exp == NULL)
+ 	FAIL("NULL regexp argument");
+ 
+-    RExC_utf8 = pm->op_pmdynflags & PMdf_CMP_UTF8;
++    RExC_orig_utf8 = RExC_utf8 = pm->op_pmdynflags & PMdf_CMP_UTF8;
+ 
+-    RExC_precomp = exp;
+     DEBUG_r({
+ 	 if (!PL_colorset) reginitcolors();
+ 	 PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%sCompiling REx%s `%s%*s%s'\n",
+ 		       PL_colors[4],PL_colors[5],PL_colors[0],
+-		       (int)(xend - exp), RExC_precomp, PL_colors[1]);
++		       (int)(xend - exp), exp, PL_colors[1]);
+     });
++
++redo_first_pass:
++    RExC_precomp = exp;
+     RExC_flags = pm->op_pmflags;
+     RExC_sawback = 0;
+ 
+@@ -1783,6 +1787,17 @@
+ 	RExC_precomp = Nullch;
+ 	return(NULL);
+     }
++    if (RExC_utf8 && !RExC_orig_utf8) {
++        STRLEN len = xend-exp;
++        DEBUG_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
++                    "UTF8 mismatch! Converting to utf8 for resizing and compile\n"));
++        exp = (char*)Perl_bytes_to_utf8(aTHX_ (U8*)exp, &len);
++        xend = exp + len;
++        RExC_orig_utf8 = RExC_utf8;
++        SAVEFREEPV(exp);
++        goto redo_first_pass;
++    }
++
diff --git a/abs/core/perl/perl.install b/abs/core/perl/perl.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0ff3fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abs/core/perl/perl.install
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+post_install() {
+  for ver in 5.8.{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}; do
+    [ -h usr/lib/perl5/$ver ] && rm usr/lib/perl5/$ver
+    [ -h usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/$ver ] && rm usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/$ver
+    [ -h usr/bin/perl$ver ] && rm usr/bin/perl$ver
+  done
+
+  echo
+  echo "  This version of perl follows the new perl directory hierarchy (see"
+  echo "  http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Perl_Policy)."
+  echo
+  echo "  - The perl package and its modules install in the core_perl directories"
+  echo "  - Perl modules provided by Arch Linux install in vendor_perl directories"
+  echo "  - CPAN/CPANPLUS installs should be placed in site_perl directories"
+  echo "  - Older modules in the 'current' directory should still work"
+  echo "  - Programs with embedded perl interpreters need to be rebuilt"
+  echo
+  echo "  Users of the CPAN or CPANPLUS shells should modify the configuration"
+  echo "  to use the site_perl directories.  Under the CPAN shell use:"
+  echo "    o conf makepl_arg INSTALLDIRS=site"
+  echo "    o conf mbuildpl_arg installdirs=site"
+  echo "  Under the CPANPLUS shell:"
+  echo "    s conf buildflags installdirs=site"
+  echo "    s conf makemakerflags INSTALLDIRS=site"
+  echo "  Then save the configuration."
+  echo 
+  echo "  The following official packages can be removed since the modules are"
+  echo "  now included in the standard perl library:"
+  echo "    perl-archive-tar  perl-compress-raw-zlib  perl-compress-zlib"
+  echo "    perl-extutils-cbuilder  perl-io-compress-base  perl-io-compress-zlib"
+  echo "    perl-io-zlib  perl-module-pluggable  perl-pod-escapes  perl-pod-simple"
+  echo "    perl-module-build  perl-version"
+  echo 
+  echo "  These community packages are also included in the standard perl library:"
+  echo "    perl-archive-extract  perl-cpanplus  perl-digest-sha  perl-file-fetch"
+  echo "    perl-extutils-parsexs  perl-ipc-cmd  perl-locale-maketext-simple"
+  echo "    perl-log-message  perl-log-message-simple  perl-module-corelist"
+  echo "    perl-module-load  perl-module-load-conditional  perl-module-loaded"
+  echo "    perl-module-pluggable  perl-object-accessor  perl-params-check"
+  echo "    perl-term-ui  perl-time-piece"
+  echo 
+}
+
+# arg 1:  the new package version
+# arg 2:  the old package version
+post_upgrade() {
+  post_install
+}
+
+op=$1
+shift
+
+$op $*
diff --git a/abs/core/perl/perlbin.sh b/abs/core/perl/perlbin.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..49aeb2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abs/core/perl/perlbin.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Set path to perl scripts.
+export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/bin/perlbin/site:/usr/bin/perlbin/vendor:/usr/bin/perlbin/core"