Re: How to patch standard modules from CPAN on Linux etc?

IMHO the obvious (and cleanest) solution is to build patched .deb packages. It's as simple as

apt-get source libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl
cd libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl-*/
# apply your changes now
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
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And then put the so-created .deb in a local repository, and install from that. (Or simply install it with dpkg -i $filename).

I don't know very much about the .rpm stuff, but it shouldn't be that much different.

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Re^2: How to patch standard modules from CPAN on Linux etc? by wazoox (Prior) on Oct 28, 2008 at 17:14 UTC
There's also a specific tool to manage CPAN packages in Debian, it's `dh-make-perl`. See for instance http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/78 on how to use this nice utility.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: How to patch standard modules from CPAN on Linux etc? by BerntB (Deacon) on Oct 26, 2008 at 08:41 UTC
Between you and JavaFan I have enough information to handle locally patched CPAN modules, thanks guys!	[reply]