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* joe
That's an easy one - perl tarballs are ignorant of your package database, and a cpan install will simply overwrite your existing suse package without hesitation or awareness of the fact. Likewise, rpm is unaware of the cpan installed packages lurking there and will overwrite them in case of conflict.
yes
I've been bitten enough times that I always try to find a suse package, rather than just blowing away files willy nilly with perl tarball install and hoping for the best.
and have I
In rare circumstances I've installed cpan packages, but always cross my fingers and test afterwards to make sure my perl installation isn't hosed.
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