On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Mark Haney <markh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This may sound kinda silly, but it's the first time I've ever really > encountered this before. I'm finding I have a need to update some perl > modules that aren't yet packaged by Fedora. Is using CPAN to update them > going to cause any problems? Are there any caveats to using CPAN to install > other modules not packaged in RPM form? I'm not a pearl expert but I have seen MANY recommendations not to mix RPM and CPAN perl modules. I can think of two options. If you have some basic RPM packaging skills then this may be your best bet: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Perl/cpanspec It looks like it downloads the module source and tries to create a spec file for it so you can build an RPM. Or cpan2rpm, which will create a full RPM for you but I'm not sure how well the resultant RPM meets the Fedora packaging guidelines: http://perl.arix.com/cpan2rpm/ Richard -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org