[Centos] Centos 4

[Troy Engel]

Ken Bass wrote:
> 
> In order to install some of the newer stuff I used CPAN to install some 
> modules. I noticed that Troy Engel said he rolled some custom RPM's for 
> perl modules - should I not be installing via CPAN?

Nothing wrong with that, but they they're outside the RPM-ness of your 
machine. Most of us avoid installing code outside the RPM constructs to 
our machines, as it ends up being a mess -- once you go to upgrade a 
server from version FOO to FOO+1, you'll find out how much of a 
nightmare it is to track down all hand-installed code. Keeping 
everything properly catalogued inside the RPM database can be worth it's 
weight in gold.

Check out "cpan2rpm" as a good way to make RPMs out of the code you'd 
normally just install. It works pretty darn well for the most part, but 
depends on the module in question. Learning to roll your own RPMs should 
be high on your list of things to do, as an SA admin; lots of perl 
goodness going on there.

-te

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Troy Engel | Systems Engineer
Fluid, Inc | http://www.fluid.com