Dave Howorth wrote: > joe wrote: > >> That's an easy one - perl tarballs are ignorant of your package database, and >> a cpan install will simply overwrite your existing suse package without >> hesitation or awareness of the fact. Likewise, rpm is unaware of the cpan >> installed packages lurking there and will overwrite them in case of conflict. >> > > This shouldn't happen. There is a built-in mechanism to prevent such > conflicts. Can you please supply specific details of any packages where > this has occurred? What is the package name, Suse and CPAN versions, > which files have been overwritten (ls -l would be useful). And which > applications were broken as a result? >
It's been some months - I don't remember all the packages and versions installed anymore, but I do remember clearly that upon installing some cpan packages my maia mailguard system promptly broke. I was able to get it back up and running only after surgically removing every trace of perl and reinstalling it from rpm packages. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
