On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:24:41 -0500, you wrote: >jdow wrote: > >> >> OK, when the storage structure of the tarball based package you want >> changes how do you extirpate the old and insert the new without the >> rather depressingly familiar dual SpamAssassin install? (Not that the >> package systems like RPM always get it right. They do better than most >> if you stick with the RPMs.) > >The "depressingly familiar dual install" for install-from-tarball users only >comes about when you don't build the same way. > >i.e.: if you built with PREFIX=/usr one time, make sure you pass the same >*every* time. > >I've been building from source tarball since SA 2.40 and I've never had a >dual-install problem when installing this way. > >On the other hand back in 2.31 era I was using cpan, and I *did* get a dual >install once. However that was CPAN deciding to install a whole new copy of >perl >to put SA into because the required perl version was screwed up. > >After that I ditched CPAN and went to pure tarball installs and have never >regretted it.
You could never convince me to do that - the CPAN install facility is just too useful for me to do anything that would impede my using it! (Was that a sentence? it's too early here.) I install anything perl from either CPAN or source tarball, in that order. I've never gotten into a dual-install problem (if I understand your use of the term) that I couldn't straighten out fairly easily, and as a half-assed perl hacker I treat it as a learning experience. Mike- -- If you're not confused, you're not trying hard enough. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments,
