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+ikiwiki 1.45 doesn't work properly for perl installs not in the system path.
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+ie:
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+~/tools/perl-5.8.8/perl Makefile.PL
+make
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+fails, as the 'make' command attempts to use the perl install in PATH, rather than the one ikiwiki is being installed for.
+
+The installed bin/ikiwiki file also refers to /usr/bin/perl rather than the perl it is being installed for.
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