RE: [SLE] Perl and Perl Modules - YaST vs. CPAN(?)
-----Original Message----- From: Patrick Shanahan [mailto:ptilopteri@gmail.com] Sent: Mon 9/26/2005 5:44 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Perl and Perl Modules - YaST vs. CPAN(?)
* Marlier, Ian <ian.marlier@studentuniverse.com> [09-26-05 16:37]:
That was what I did until, one day....I went to build a perl app, which happened to require HTML::Mason 0.28 or greater. Now, HTML::Mason wasn't available as a SuSE package. Or rather, it was, but it was v. 0.13 of the module. So I went and found an RPM, which, upon installation, hosed most of perl (including YaST, which is based on perl!), and generally turned a fairly straightforward project into a massive debacle.
not a SuSE rpm ???
The world of perl modules is far, far more expansive than the world of SuSE RPM's. And updated much more frequently to boot. For a very large portion of the perl modules out there, no RPM exists. I seem to remember that I did go find a SuSE-specific RPM, but it still lunched perl.
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 07:37:31PM -0400, Marlier, Ian wrote:
The world of perl modules is far, far more expansive than the world of SuSE RPM's. And updated much more frequently to boot. For a very large portion of the perl modules out there, no RPM exists.
A better way is to build RPM packages from the CPAN modules you need. It ain't difficult at all. For the reference, please see http://ftp.novell.com/pub/forge/library/SUSE%20Package%20Conventions/spc_spe... RPM gives you better control of what is installed on your system, especially in case you have to rebuild it. -Kastus
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