Beau E. Cox schreef:
> Hi -
>
> I'm working on a series of ebuilds for the more esoteric CPAN modules
> that I use. In the Gentoo Developer Handbook there is a statement
> about PORTDIR_OVERLAY:
>
> "In that directory, you must use the same structure (and categories)
> as in /usr/portage."
>
> OK. But I really want to make a new category, i.e. 'cpan'; ( tried
> it, doesn't work ). Is there a way to 'fake out' portage into using a
> new category without breaking everything?
>
Question #1-- what's wrong with dev-perl, where all the other modules
are (and then naming the modules cpan-whatever, I suppose)?
Question # 2-- have you looked at g-cpan?
app-portage/g-cpan
Available versions: 0.13.01 0.13.02
Installed: none
Homepage: http://dev.gentoo.org/~mcummings/
Description: g-cpan: generate and install CPAN modules
using portage
HTH,
Holly
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