It seems that people get "diagnostics" due to the absence of a Perl Module. They do not understand the root of the problem. An example is the difficulty in running "fontforge". The developer has all but given up.
The information on the page you mention is most valuable. Also, it does not seem to be generally known that Cpan is the place to visit. Why, for instance, do we have "/usr/bin/cpan" installed? Since LFS/BLFS is, from the outset, educational, this should not be a secret. Perhaps an additional sentence (or two) in the book could make this clear. Niko Sauer On 04/17/2012 07:33 PM, Andrew Benton wrote: > On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:41:53 +0100 > Niko Sauer<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Perl modules also turn up when one goes beyond BLFS. This >> misunderstanding about their use and installation is simply stupendous. > > What misunderstanding? > >> I think that the section on pm's is essential in a much broader sense. > > Why? There's very little information on the page. It's basically: > perl Makefile.PL > make > make install > > Personally, if I need a perl module for something I never check the > book for it. I go to Cpan, search for the needed module and then > install it with the above commands. > And that, in a nutshell, is what I think should be on the perl modules > page. > > Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
