On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 01:25:46PM +0200, Bernd Worsch wrote: > Hi There! > > I changed to debian (potato) recently and am trying to > get familiar with it. At the moment i wonder how to handle > perl modules i need, that are not available as debian > packages. > > Question is: Can i safely use Perl::CPAN module to get > theese without breaking update/upgrade capabilities of > my system? > > By the way, what happens if such a locally installed > module happens to be included in a .deb package in future?
good question. i wonder about that, too. and i just thought of a way to test it. find a perl lib that debian DOES have packaged, but use CPAN to download and install it. test it to make sure all is well. you might munge the module a bit to add your own global variable, for testing. THEN do the apt-get install <debian-perl-lib> and see if you can still access your global variable or not... when i have time, i may try this. let us know if you run this test and what you determine...