gentoo linux comes with a nice little script called 'g-cpan.pl' which creates its own portage packaging for CPAN modules that it hasnt seen yet, you just call "g-cpan.pl DBD::SQLite" or whichever module you require, and it will either tell you that the module already exists as a portage package (in which case you need to go type "emerge DBD-SQLite"), or it installs the module for you, creating a local package as it goes.

My other distro, SuSE, has rpms of several modules, but doesnt keep them uptodate (new versions in new distro releases, but not inbetween, as far as Ive noticed).. I produce my own new RPMs of actual perl versions, and install modules by hand or with CPANPLUS on there.

C.

In reply to Re: How does your distro handle Perl module installation ? by castaway
in thread How does your distro handle Perl module installation ? by szabgab

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