"These will need to be installed using conventional cpanm techniques, and there are a few main issues here:"

Does ActiveState even ship with cpanm?

"then carefully inventory all of the packages that are now installed on the old system which do not appear on the new, and which cannot be obtained directly from the installation vendor."

Or just use perl -MCPAN -eautobundle to create a bundle for you, which you can then install the same way you would any other bundle:perl -MCPAN -e "install Bundle::Snapshot_YYYY_MM_DD_00". Alternativly if they're already an ActiveState user ppm profile save module-list.xml/ppm restore module-list.xml.

"Many Perl packages make use of underlying binary libraries using so-called XS technology. All packages must be installed through cpanm from the latest available sources."

So you've suggested ActiveState which does not ship with a compiler and build tools, and insist that OP compile everything despite the fact that PPM exists? Doesn't sound like you're in a position to offer any constructive advice here.

In reply to Re^2: Migrating from Windows Server 2003 by marto
in thread Migrating from Windows Server 2003 by cochise33

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