On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Nigel Metheringham wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 10:21 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > but > > it seems a little inflexible for rpm to demand a certain set of perl > > modules, and insist that those modules be installed a certain way. > > that kind of knocks a lot of value out of the whole CPAN installation > > technique, at least in terms of RPM-based systems. > > Use one or the other, not both. > If you install modules using rpm, you may well find in some > circumstances CPAN louses up and either thinks something is installed > when it isn't, or can't see something that is installed. If you install > stuff using CPAN then don't use rpm for perl packages. > > Personally *nothing* goes on my boxes unless its been packaged as > rpms - I then have proper control of the package set and all the > needed dependancy handling. yes, i think i'm going to use this technique. it definitely seems the safest, but i'm going to check with my perl wizard friends and see how they handle this. rday _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
