Doesn't work with other modules, but to give an example. I installed Text::CSV_XS with a CPAN setting:
'makepl_arg' => q[PREFIX=~/lib],
When I try running a test.pl script:
$ perl test.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use lib "/homes/foobar/lib/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi";
use Text::CSV_XS;
print "test";
I get
Can't load '/homes/foobar/lib/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/Text/CSV_XS/CSV_XS.so' for module Text::CSV_XS: /homes/foobar/lib/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/Text/CSV_XS/CSV_XS.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at /www/common/perl/lib/5.8.2/i686-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 229. at test.pl line 6 Compilation failed in require at test.pl line 6. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at test.pl line 6.
I traced the error back to DynaLoader.pm it happens at this line:
# Many dynamic extension loading problems will appear to come from
# this section of code: XYZ failed at line 123 of DynaLoader.pm.
# Often these errors are actually occurring in the initialisation
# C code of the extension XS file. Perl reports the error as being
# in this perl code simply because this was the last perl code
# it executed.
my $libref = dl_load_file($file, $module->dl_load_flags) or
croak("Can't load '$file' for module $module: ".dl_error());
CSV_XS.so exists in the above directory
Personally I would suggest to use local::lib. :)