Okay, the situation is thus:

You’ve got a build machine with your favourite perl modules set up on it.
You’ve got a production machine with none of your favourite perl modules set up on it.

You want one transferred to the other.

The build and production machines are built from the same base components (eg. Hardware, OS Version, Chipset etc).

What’s the easiest way to transfer the installed modules of the build machine onto the production machine?

Will a directory tree copy do the job?

Your production machine doesn’t have a C compiler on it.

Side Winge + rant’n’rave: Yes it’s a real world scenario and no there won’t be one arriving anytime soon. It’s not a perfect way of slowing up script kiddies but it makes up a small portion of a fairly watertight security policy. C compilers and the latest perl modules are a privilege not a right. :)

Thankyou for you caffeine time.

In reply to Copying of installed PMs by lzcd

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