On 1/17/06, Giorgio Bellussi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "--no-upgrade-chk" should avoid network connections. > "... > If your environment requires the use of a proxy, simply set the > environment variable as indicated below in (bash format): > > export HTTP_PROXY=http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:8080 > ..." (http://perl.arix.com/cpan2rpm/man.html) > > Regards. > G > > > Yu Safin wrote: > > On 1/16/06, John Summerfied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Carsten Otte wrote: > >>> Giorgio Bellussi wrote: > >>> > >>>> With cpan2rpm (http://sourceforge.net/projects/cpan2rpm/) you can build > >>>> your rpm from CPAN tar.gz archive. Some package requires some additional > >>>> work but in my (poor) experience the tool works fine with most of them. > >>>> Just in case Dag misses your needs. > >>> Alien works fine for me. Can convert between all important package > >>> formats. > >>> > >>> Quoted description from freshmeat.net: > >>> Alien converts between the rpm, deb, Stampede slp, and > >>> Slackware tgz file formats. If you want to use a package > >>> from another distribution than the one you have installed > >>> on your system, you can use alien to convert it to your > >>> preferred package format and install it. > >> However, it cannot > >> 1. Cope with different file placements (SUSE has slightly different > >> places for documentation, for example) > >> 2. Copy with scripts and triggers that might make Bad Assumptions > >> 3. Properly resolve dependencies, whether because of different package > >> names (most distros use "kernel" whereas *buntu use linux, for example). > >> > >> Building the source rpm properly fixes the third, and the others can be > >> resolved by inspection and (maybe) modification of the spec file. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Cheers > >> John > >> > >> -- spambait > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Tourist pics http://portgeographe.environmentaldisasters.cds.merseine.nu/ > >> > >> do not reply off-list > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > >> > > I tried using the cpan2rpm module (installed the rpm) but cpan2rpm > > keeps on trying to go to the network to get the x...x.x.tar.gz file (I > > have it on disk). I tried everything in the documentation to convince > > cpan2rpm that the xxx.tar.gz file is on my hard drive but it kept on > > trying to get to the network. > > The problem with the network is that I am behind a proxy. I tried the > > export command to give it the uid:psw but it still kept on being > > rejected by the proxy. Since I don't want it to go to the network > > anyway, I just gave up. > > Then I downloaded the latest rpm's I could find for the perl modules I > > need but somehow they when into my /site_perl/5.8.6 (I am running > > 5.8.8). I changed the @inc and perl found the 5.8.6 modules but they > > failed (may be wrong version). > > I have taken the easy road, downloaded the xxx.tar.gz and I am doing > > my own ./configure - make - make install. Not what I wanted but I had > > to move on after spending a lot of time on this issue. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > I'll give it a world, thank you.
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