Re: [CentOS] web.vcs.u52.k12.me.us/linux/smbldap problems

On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 08:52:56AM -0500, Marc Powell enlightened us:

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perl -MCPAN -e shell

(but using CPAN to update perl will break things)

I use CPAN all the time and haven't had any problems. Are you saying this because yum/rpm wouldn't know they were installed? Can you expand on your concerns?

That's one issue, the other is if there is ever a perl upgrade upstream, you'll have to figure out what modules were installed via CPAN and rebuild them. Admittedly that's not a huge problem, since upgrades to perl don't happen that often.

There are a couple of CPAN->RPM type programs out there. They're not perfect, but at least you can keep track of things in the RPM database that way.

Matt