On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 14:42:03 +0200 Thomas Trepl via lfs-dev <lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> wrote:
> Hi all, > > this is about hte configuration options of perl. > > Problem: > whenever perl is upgraded to a newer version (for example 5.30.2 to > 5.30.3), all perl modules needs to be reinstalled as the current > configuration of perl forces a directory structure like > > /usr > /lib > /perl5 > /5.30.2 > /... > /site_perl > > All modules are installed under /usr/lib/perl5/5.30.2 . Now, when > installing a newer patch-version by overwriting the existing one, the > structure looks like > > /usr > /lib > /perl5 > /5.30.2 > /... > /5.30.3 > /... > /site_perl > > The 5.30.2-directory (which includes the modules) is more or less > garbage as the new perl will use 5.30.3. Therefore, any installed > module must be reinstalled to appear in the 5.30.3 structure. > > This all is not really a problem as long as the system is completely > built from scratch and all modules are installed freshly. For those > who uses some kind of pkgmnr or upgrade the system package by package > it might be a problem when perl is about to upgrade. ... > > All comments, suggestions, tomatos and eggs are welcome! > Is there something i have completely overseen? > > -- > Thomas Hello Thomas, In the past, I've used CPAN's autobundle when upgrading Perl versions. Example: perl -MCPAN -eautobundle That will create a new bundle in ~/.cpan: perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::Snapshot_2020_01_20_00' Upgrade perl and if all is fine, issue the following command with the bundle name: perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::Snapshot_2020_01_20_00' Let some time pass. If all checks out, just remove the old versioned perl directly in /usr/lib/perl5 Sincerely, William Harrington -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
