On Thu, Oct 14, 2004, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote:
> 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.
Net::Jabber is now part of OpenPKG CURRENT's perl-net-5.8.5-20041015 and
higher. It will not become part of OpenPKG 2.2 because the 2.2 brach is
already frozen. But it will be part of OpenPKG 2.3, of course. In the
meantime you have to use CURRENT if you need Net::Jabber.
Ralf S. Engelschall
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