>> Shouldn't g-cpan know that Date-Manip is already installed? It seems >> to be aware of dev-perl stuff. I can't ignore the collision error >> unless I inject the package into /etc/portage/profile/package.provided >> since it stops the emerge. > > Can you modify the g-pan created euild to depend on the dev-perl package?
Thanks Neil, I'll just inject it. It's weird though, because portage came up with a list of dependencies for the perl module I wanted to install which contained both dev-perl and perl-gcpan packages. I don't know why it's having trouble with Date-Manip. - Grant
