On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 12:08:08AM -0500, Rod Rodolico wrote:
> Correct, dpkg and apt are useful tools. All tools have strengths and
> weaknesses. I love perl, and can not imagine living without it. But, I doubt
> I'll use it to create a database engine.
>
> So, I use the tool best for a given tas
> other 10%, I download source and install. So, is there a way to manually update the
> apt
> database to tell it a package is installed. The reason I use Debian is because, for
> most of my
> Back to my original question. At this point, how do you tell apt that the package is
> installed. I ass
Rod Rodolico wrote:
or
3. (if you have a lot of time on your hands)
download the debianised source for perl 5.8 from "unstable" and
recompile it on your woody system. do the same for any module
packages that you need. i.e. backport the new perl to the old debian.
a lot of people recommen
Changed the subject of this because it looks like a religious discussion coming up.
> this:
>
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:40:23PM -0500, Rod Rodolico wrote:
>> Is there a way to tell apt (dselect) you have certain packages
>> installed? If so, it would make sense to just trash the Debian perl
>>
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