Hello, I have several developer systems, where Perl is used heavily. The Perl modules that are delivered with SUSE or are available at the usual package repositories are not sufficient, more are needed. I would like to install additional packages that originate from CPAN and have the following features: -- to be able to query the system for installed packages and their version number. (This is not identical to query for a Perl module and its version number.) Something like rpm -q. -- to search for existing uninstalled packages. -- keep the Perl installations on all systems synchronized -- if possible, do not destroy the rpm -V verification for installed SUSE packages. Maybe there is a RPM repository of Perl packages that is as substantial as ActiveState's repository? The problem is that the amount of Perl RPM packages that I found out there is rather restricted, not even Email::* is there. (Functronics has a few, but that is still restricted.) As long as there is no such repository, I have the following two possibilities, AFAICS: -- Use CPAN.pm to install new packages and rsync to synchronize the changes to /usr/lib/perl5 at all systems. -- But what do I do about changes in /usr/bin? -- And, how do I query for installed packages and bundles? -- CPAN::WAIT is supposed to support searching -- does that work? -- Leave SUSE perl as it is and install a completely different Perl system (e.g., from ActiveState) in /opt or /usr/local. There I would have ppm, ActiveState's Perl Package Manager. Synchronization So, how do you handle Perl module updates? Do you just install it systemwide and don't care about knowing what is installed? Or is there any possibility that I missed? Cheers, and thanks in advance for any answer, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany