Re: Removal of old versions of modules can break FreeBSD ports

2005-04-08 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 09:08:51AM -0400, Philip M. Gollucci wrote: Ken Williams wrote: Agreed - for providing a stable download link of a CPAN package, backpan is better than CPAN itself. If this could be integrated into the BSD system itself that would be great. -Ken Hi, as a

Removal of old versions of modules can break FreeBSD ports

2005-04-01 Thread David Baird
Hi, just a heads-up about cleaning up CPAN. I know old versions are always available from BACKPAN (whatever that is, havent actually checked it out), but I came across a situation on FreeBSD. For those who dont know, FreeBSD has an excellent package management system called the ports tree,

Re: Removal of old versions of modules can break FreeBSD ports

2005-04-01 Thread Stevan Little
David, I apologize for this inconvenience, I did not realize this happened, I will be careful about what I delete from now on. However, I think you might want to email the maintainer of this port and let him/her know that this is happening so that they can update it. Thanks, Stevan On Apr 1,

Re: Removal of old versions of modules can break FreeBSD ports

2005-04-01 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
David == David Baird [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Hi, David just a heads-up about cleaning up CPAN. I know old versions are always David available from BACKPAN (whatever that is, havent actually checked it out), David but I came across a situation on FreeBSD. For those who dont know,

Re: Removal of old versions of modules can break FreeBSD ports

2005-04-01 Thread Ken Williams
On Apr 1, 2005, at 10:21 AM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: These ports are broken then. They should list both the CPAN and the BACKPAN as possible source hosts. Agreed - for providing a stable download link of a CPAN package, backpan is better than CPAN itself. If this could be integrated into