On Thu, Oct 14, 2004, Aaron Bostick wrote:
> I would like to be able to use a cpan module called Net::Jabber but the
> perl-net src rpm does not provide for this particular.
>
> I realize there are tons of cpan Net modules, so I am wondering if the
> ones included with openpkg are chosen specifically or can new modules be
> added to the rpm on request? The spec file looks straightforward to
> modify.
If the module looks reasonable programmed enough and doesn't
have much external dependencies, we can easy add it, of course.
I'll look at this if time permits.
> And if not, is it common practice to just install modules from the cpan
> shell. I know if I do it that way, those files will not be under rpm
> control. Any bad side effects from this?
Since OpenPKG 2.0 you can use the CPAN shell for installing
arbitrary modules yourself side-by-side to the packaged ones.
Except that they are not known by RPM and this have to
be upgraded manually, there are no known side-effects.
Ralf S. Engelschall
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