I've been working on one for SuSE on the wiki. I'm still a little behind on getting it all done.
On 13/12/10 4:14 PM, "John Arends" <jare...@illinois.edu> wrote: > > On Dec 13, 2010, at 6:06 PM, Gary Greene wrote: > >> On 13/12/10 9:43 AM, "John Arends" <jare...@illinois.edu> wrote: >>> CPAN makes me cranky, but trying to package all the perl modules as RPMs >>> makes me crankier. It's like wrapping one packaging system around >>> another one, and fighting with both of them. >>> >> >> This is why I use cpan2rpm every time. >> >>> The reality is, every time RHEL updates perl, RT will break. I solve >>> this by having an identical test system. I apply the updates, see what >>> breaks, and then reinstall the perl modules in question using CPAN. >> >> This ALSO can be avoided, if you know how to package your cpan2rpm packages >> in site instead of vendor locations. This allows that NONE of the issues >> that are endemic of RHEL's busted Perl packaging to cause long term >> headaches for me. > > > Do you know of a guide that explains how to do this? -- Gary L. Greene, Jr. IT Operations Minerva Networks, Inc. Cell: (650) 704-6633 Office: (408) 240-1239