On 05/05/07 07:53 A. Pagaltzis wrote: > I consider that a distro hate. If you build Perl from source, > then yes it is reasonable for CPAN.pm to ask a bunch of > questions. But if you're installing a package, then your vendor > should know a set of reasonable defaults to supply and should > damn well supply it.
Some distros have a hard time with you installing by compiling from the source. Actually, they work fine until there's an update or upgrade. Then it gets confused by a newer version of some program (it could be something as minor as an unusual LaTeX style or newer version of Rhythmbox) that the upgrade halts, leaving your system in a wonderfully unstable state that requires you to do a fresh install anyway.
