[CentOS] Setup a devel environment for perl modules

[Les Mikesell]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 4:27 PM,  <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
> >>
>> I ran into an issue with the setup script from the web site, and this
>> seems to have worked around it:
> <snip>
> Right. And, um, don't forget to update that local userspace perl, and its
> modules regularly. And don't wait for the notice of updates or security or
> bugfixes, since there aren't any....
>

I wonder if there could be a way to build a 'userspace' version of
fedora/ubuntu or something with faster updates where the entire thing
lives in its own path with machine-processed package updates to keep
it there.  That is, use some other distro's work for the overall
internal consistency and dependency management but don't let it break
your system stability when you just need to run that one package that
needs a newer library/module than CentOS/EPEL provide.  It seems like
there should be a more lightweight way to do that than running a whole
virtual machine.  Maybe the concept for RHEL software collections
could be generalized to handle any disto's rpm/deb repos in their own
area.

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  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com