CPAN questions

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Hi All I've a small problem with CPAN. First of all, how do you update your cpan-information,
for example when i do

cpan> b
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I get for two systems different output
I get the following output (snippets) (Linux system):

Bundle          Bundle::Search::InvertedIndex (S/SN/SNOWHARE/Bundle-Se
+arch-InvertedIndex-1.01.tar.gz)
Bundle          Bundle::Slash   (C/CN/CNANDOR/Bundle-Slash-2.51.tar.gz
+)
Bundle          Bundle::Sledge  (M/MI/MIYAGAWA/Bundle-Sledge-0.04.tar.
+gz)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_03_15_00 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_03_15_01 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_03_15_02 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_03_15_03 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_03_15_04 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_03_22_00 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_03_22_01 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_03_29_00 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_03_29_01 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_03_29_02 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_04_01_00 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_04_01_01 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Spiffy  (I/IN/INGY/Spiffy-0.16.tar.gz)
Bundle          Bundle::Template::Magic (D/DO/DOMIZIO/Template-Magic-1
+.35.tar.gz)
Bundle          Bundle::Test    (S/SZ/SZABGAB/Bundle-Test-1.03.tar.gz)
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For my other computer (which is Unix) I get

Bundle          Bundle::Schwern (M/MS/MSCHWERN/Bundle-Schwern-0.01.tar
+.gz)
Bundle          Bundle::Search::InvertedIndex (S/SN/SNOWHARE/Bundle-Se
+arch-InvertedIndex-1.01.tar.gz)
Bundle          Bundle::Slash   (C/CN/CNANDOR/Bundle-Slash-2.51.tar.gz
+)
Bundle          Bundle::Sledge  (M/MI/MIYAGAWA/Bundle-Sledge-0.04.tar.
+gz)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_04_01_00 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_04_01_01 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_04_01_02 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_04_01_03 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_04_01_04 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_04_01_05 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_04_01_06 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_04_01_07 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_04_01_08 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Snapshot_2005_04_01_09 (N/A)
Bundle          Bundle::Spiffy  (I/IN/INGY/Spiffy-0.16.tar.gz)
Bundle          Bundle::Template::Magic (D/DO/DOMIZIO/Template-Magic-1
+.35.tar.gz)
Bundle          Bundle::Test    (S/SZ/SZABGAB/Bundle-Test-1.03.tar.gz)
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How do I make them both up2date? I've noticed too that when i do

cpan> autobundle
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not all bundles are listed. So how to update this

Furthermore is it possible to update perl from lets say from perl v5.8.2 to perl5.8.5 via CPAN

And my last question what does

cpan> make install
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do ?? Luca

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Re: CPAN questions by cog (Parson) on Apr 01, 2005 at 10:45 UTC
How do I make them both up2date? `reload index`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: CPAN questions by tlm (Prior) on Apr 01, 2005 at 14:24 UTC
See `perldoc CPAN` for your question on `autobundle`. `make install` copies all the files required by the module to their final locations (e.g. `/usr/share/perl/5.8.6`). To upgrade to perl5.8.5 you can try: `cpan> install NWCLARK/perl-5.8.5.tar.gz` [download] The other approach to upgrade perl through CPAN is to force the install of some core module: `cpan> force install Benchmark` [download] but this upgrades to the version that CPAN considers the "current" Perl version, which in this case is 5.8.6. Also you may want to consider the advice on upgrading here. the lowliest monk	[reply] [d/l] [select]