Ragnar Thomsen wrote: > On Tuesday 17 April 2012 11:01:55 Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> I did a search through the book and find no references to pdl and agree that >> it can be removed from the book. > > Ok, if no objections are received, I will remove PDL. > >> Perl modules, on the other hand, are used in several places. The >> instructions for installing perl modules is pretty generic. About the only >> thing that changes is the version numbers in general.ent. > > One approach would be to remove all perl modules that are not used by any > blfs > packages. If this approach is acceptable, I can work through Bruce's > grep-list > to see which modules are used.
That is reasonable. If someone runs into a module not in BLFS, the general instructions should be enough to show how to get that module installed. > Another problem with several modules is, that they have external required > dependencies (and thus are in conflict with our philosophy that all > required/recommended deps should be in the book). What dependencies are those? I couldn't find any with a quick look. > Several of the links are also dead. Not surprising considering how long it's been since the page has been updated. Note that all the files should still be available at http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/conglomeration/perl-modules/ -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
