> You can use pacpan in a script to get the latest versions (and to generate > PKGBUILDs with extensive provides arrays (many CPAN modules use the same > sources and thus create the same package even though they use different > names)). > http://xyne.archlinux.ca/info/pacpan > > You can also use makerepo with pacpan to automatically build newer packages > when new module versions are released. > http://xyne.archlinux.ca/info/makerepo > > Xyne > >
pacpan is surely an excellent option. I have myself developed a similar tool (perl-cpanplus-pacman on AUR) but I have not touched it much since last year, and I presume pacpan is more usable now. I have also a small perl script to check for out-of-date version of CPAN stuff. See http://ankabut.net/archlinux/checkcpanversions.pl (Change the variable $cpandir to suit your situation). Best, F
