On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:50:12 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Devers) wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 01:13 PM, Richard Dice wrote: > > > My (one, small) jab at CPAN: I wish I could do something like > > "apt-get dist-upgrade" with it, so I could update all my modules to the > > most recent bug-fixed versions. > > Something to the effect of: > > $ perl -MCPAN -e "get Bundle::P5ee;" I think you meant 'install', not 'get', but anyway, wouldn't that reinstall *all* of the modules in Bundle::P5ee, rather than only the handful that have changed since the last time you ran the command? Seems like a waste of bandwidth. If I understand Richard correctly, a better solution would be something that sends (module name, version) pairs to a server and gets back a list of module names with a higher version, then downloads and installs only those. Cheers, Philip
