[Modules] Modules & CPAN

[Harlan S. <ha...@pf...>]

I haven't had to deal with this in a long time, and I'm hoping somebody 
here can save me a lot of time to get a working answer.

There are some CPAN modules that work with, for example, OpenSSL.  These 
CPAN modules need the right/appropriate OpenSSL libraries at runtime.

CPAN modules apparently Do Not Want to be statically linked.  I think 
the best solution is to find a way to install CPAN modules that have 
been statically linked to there appropriate (at build time) libraries.

I really don't want to use LD_LIBRARY_PATH to solve this problem, 
because in an environment where modules is in use, one might be using 
several different sets of tools, and the openssl being used by perl and 
the perl modules might be different from the version of openssl that is 
used by some other set of utilities that are needed for the current 
overall operating environment.

I am trying Really Hard to not have to build a separate version of perl 
(and the CPAN modules) for each version of OpenSSL.

I figure there are more "flavors" involved than just OpenSSL, so the 
problem above will only get worse if I have to build an entire toolchain 
suite for each "flavor".

I'd bet that some folks here have had to deal with this situation and 
might have answers for me.

Thanks...

H