> I don't want to sound like a jerk here, but what does my mentioning > the availability to install a Perl modules FROM a perl download source > have anything to do with my question. Sorry, I was just replying to the quoted e-mail. > Now since its "heavily discouraged" maybe you can tell me _why_ its > discouraged cause I've never had a problem with it myself. Maybe I'm > missing something that you know and I don't. This has been discussed serveral times on the 'centos' list, so I will point there. E.g.: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2006-June/065397.html -- Daniel