On 06/05/07 18:02 Tony Finch wrote: > On Sat, 5 May 2007, Robert Rothenberg wrote: >> Some distros have a hard time with you installing by compiling from the >> source. > > Obviously the distro should hook into CPAN so that when you install a > module it gets automatically turned into a package that can be managed via > the usual deinstall/upgrade/etc. processes.
In theory packages built using the standard configure scripts or with specialised package managers like cpan can be made to register themselves with whatever official package management system your system is using. But managing conflicts will lead to all sorts of hate. Imagine if the package manager wants to upgrade to the latest version from the distribution, which is a downgrade to what you've installed.... No, package managers need a way to query the version of what is installed (and where), rather than what is registered in their systems.
