Is there a way to tell apt (dselect) you have certain packages installed? If so, it would make sense to just trash the Debian perl install and install it all from source. I agree with your Perl guru -- roll your own is the best way to go. I just don't have the time. I still install some packages (webmin, usermin, squirrelmail) myself, because other packages are not dependant on them. But I have no idea how to tell apt that, yes, I already have Perl installed so you don't have to mess with it.
>From the log you sent, looks like the cwd disappeared out from under you, so of >course it could not get the parents or anything. What dir were you in when you executed it? Did the directory /root/.cpan exist? I had problems, but those were not the ones I had. Rod > On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 16:14, Rod Rodolico wrote: >> You could install the CPAN module on your current system, then use it to update >> Perl. >> >> CAVEAT: CPAN and Debian have, in the past, placed Perl in two separate locations. >> When I did >> this before, I did have a problem configuring Perl correctly afterwards. It (CPAN) >> is mainly >> designed, from what I saw, to update a Standard perl installation, standard being >> whatever >> CPAN (the organization) says it is (which is pretty standard). >> >> Other than that, I don't know. Look at http://cpan.org/ports/index.html for one >> thing. But, >> I'm not sure if any of these will break a Debian install. >> >> Rod >> > > Thanks Rod. I tried that awhile ago today and it puked. > > shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access > parent directories: No such file or directory > Everything is up to date. Type '/usr/bin/make test' to run test > suite. > /usr/bin/make -- OK > Running make test > Couldn't chdir to /root/.cpan/build/perl-5.8.1 at > /usr/share/perl/5.6.1/CPAN.pm line 5480 > > I have a friend is one the best perl guys around so I'll ask him > about it, but he doesn't like Debian and rolls his own distro. > > Dee > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Missiles of ligneous or osteal consistency have the potential of fracturing osseous structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
