On 1/17/06, Yu Safin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/17/06, Giorgio Bellussi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "--no-upgrade-chk" should avoid network connections. > > "... > > If your environment requires the use of a proxy, simply set the > > environment variable as indicated below in (bash format): > > > > export HTTP_PROXY=http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:8080 > > ..." (http://perl.arix.com/cpan2rpm/man.html) > > > > Regards. > > G > > > > > > Yu Safin wrote: > > > On 1/16/06, John Summerfied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Carsten Otte wrote: > > >>> Giorgio Bellussi wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> With cpan2rpm (http://sourceforge.net/projects/cpan2rpm/) you can build > > >>>> your rpm from CPAN tar.gz archive. Some package requires some > > >>>> additional > > >>>> work but in my (poor) experience the tool works fine with most of them. > > >>>> Just in case Dag misses your needs. > > >>> Alien works fine for me. Can convert between all important package > > >>> formats. > > >>> > > >>> Quoted description from freshmeat.net: > > >>> Alien converts between the rpm, deb, Stampede slp, and > > >>> Slackware tgz file formats. If you want to use a package > > >>> from another distribution than the one you have installed > > >>> on your system, you can use alien to convert it to your > > >>> preferred package format and install it. > > >> However, it cannot > > >> 1. Cope with different file placements (SUSE has slightly different > > >> places for documentation, for example) > > >> 2. Copy with scripts and triggers that might make Bad Assumptions > > >> 3. Properly resolve dependencies, whether because of different package > > >> names (most distros use "kernel" whereas *buntu use linux, for example). > > >> > > >> Building the source rpm properly fixes the third, and the others can be > > >> resolved by inspection and (maybe) modification of the spec file. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> Cheers > > >> John > > >> > > >> -- spambait > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Tourist pics http://portgeographe.environmentaldisasters.cds.merseine.nu/ > > >> > > >> do not reply off-list > > >> > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > >> send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > > >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > >> > > > I tried using the cpan2rpm module (installed the rpm) but cpan2rpm > > > keeps on trying to go to the network to get the x...x.x.tar.gz file (I > > > have it on disk). I tried everything in the documentation to convince > > > cpan2rpm that the xxx.tar.gz file is on my hard drive but it kept on > > > trying to get to the network. > > > The problem with the network is that I am behind a proxy. I tried the > > > export command to give it the uid:psw but it still kept on being > > > rejected by the proxy. Since I don't want it to go to the network > > > anyway, I just gave up. > > > Then I downloaded the latest rpm's I could find for the perl modules I > > > need but somehow they when into my /site_perl/5.8.6 (I am running > > > 5.8.8). I changed the @inc and perl found the 5.8.6 modules but they > > > failed (may be wrong version). > > > I have taken the easy road, downloaded the xxx.tar.gz and I am doing > > > my own ./configure - make - make install. Not what I wanted but I had > > > to move on after spending a lot of time on this issue. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > I'll give it a world, thank you. > Hi, I am back.
I ran: cpan2rpm --no-upgrade-chk --install AnyData-0.10.tar.gz and got: -- cpan2rpm - Ver: 2.027 -- Signatures not set up Fetch: HTTP -- module: AnyData-0.10.tar.gz -- Metadata retrieval Tarball extraction: [/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/AnyData-0.10.tar.gz] No PL file [/tmp/JLBNxR0V98/AnyData-0.10/AnyData/Makefile.PL] in tarball at /usr/src/packages/BUILD/cpan2rpm-2.027/cpan2rpm line 398. -- Done -- Then, I checked insize the tar.gz file and found the MakefilePL. I just can't understand why I am not getting either the "AnyData...rpm" or the rpm installed. I looked everywhere inside /usr/src/packages to see if the RPM was put there somewhere. I can only find the information about cpan2rpm which I built from an rpm file. The /tmp/JLBNxR0V98 probably gets erased right after the command because there was nothing like that in /tmp after execution. Any guidance will be greatly appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
