CPAN bundles:
Aren't CPAN bundles always source distributions? PPM is actually
better than CPAN because it's a pre-built distribution, except that it
only works with Windows (I think) and if a build fails, the last working
build is blown away and the module is unavailable.
RPM alternative:
Surprisingly Active State maintains a Perl distribution for (RedHat)
Linux (or at least they did), and I believe a repository of PPMs as
well.
And also Solaris and IBM AIX. I think the Linux Perl build and PPMs are
likely to run on any reasonably normal Intel Linux, but not sure -- with
the
BR == Bob Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
BR As machines get faster and ease of cross-platform installation gets more
BR important, I expect the need for C-level hackery will go down. I
BR suspect this is overused even at present. Several years ago, I wound up
BR rewriting a mini-app
