On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 10:20:19PM -0400, seth vidal wrote: > > > Seth, > > > > I understand your position but I have a custom install of perl (a > > couple of perl modules are hard to get as rpms) and it is maddening to > > regularly have rpm installs fail because of perl dependencies . . > > > > use perl-specfile or cpanflute and make them into rpms that do the right > thing. it's a lot less work and you don't have to refer to two > databases (rpm and cpan) to know what you have installed. Seth, I had a quick look - it seems using cpanflute will fix the problem, but it makes installing the cpan modules multi-step instead of just: cpan . . . but the advantages of having everything in the rpm database make up for any hassles . . Thanks for that. Phil.
