[tex-live] Biber issue after update

[Robert Alessi]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 10:06:14PM +0000, Karl Berry wrote:
>     > Can't locate PAR.pm in @INC (you may need to install the PAR module)
> 
> It is true that Biber requires the PAR module.
> We can't feasibly provide it (or any other Perl modules) in TL.
> So, try running:
> 
> cpan install PAR
> 
> (Or whatever distro way you have to install CPAN modules.)

I just did, but the problem persists.  From the following output:

Can't locate PAR.pm in @INC (you may need to install the PAR module) (@INC contains: /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/5.26.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/5.26.0 /usr/local/perl/lib/5.26.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/local/perl/lib/5.26.0 /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl) at -e line 604.

I suspect some glitch may have found its way into the latest biber, as
at any rate it should not search for PAR in /usr/local/

Does anyone know for a fact that PAR is now required by biber whereas
it wasn't before?  I never had to install it until now.

Thanks,

Robert