On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 12:45:38PM -0000, Clayton, Nik [IT] wrote: > You might want to take a look at BSDPAN. I gave a lightning talk about > this a couple of tech-meets ago. > > Basically, it hooks in to the standard module build/install process, and > fakes up (FreeBSD) package data for the files as they're installed. This > then lets the local package mangement programs (pkg_add, pkg_delete, etc) > work on Perl modules that have been installed in this way. > > I keep trying to find the tuits to write an equivalent for Solaris. > Someone with more interest in Linux than I might care to adapt this for > RPM, DEB, and how ever many other package formats exist in that space. > > http://london.pm.org/tech_talks/21_nov_2002/nik/BSDPAN.ppt
I was talking to Schwern earlier this week, he told me there are plans to add this kind of facility to cpanplus, i.e. build and install .debs, .rpms, etc. andrew -- Leo: (July 23 - Aug. 22) You will soon be unwillingly forced into a flurry of activity when you are chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympiad.
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