The modules are of no consequence, as far as the RPM database goes, from what I've seen.
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Ian Dobson wrote: > Ya, I thought about that, but perl is only one of them, I have a good > 30 or 40 perl modules installed that were installed through cpan, so > I'd also have to get those rpm's, I was just wondering if you could > update the rpm database to include other stuff withough actually > going to the trouble of finding an rpm. > > On 5 Dec 2001 at 0:05, Brian Ashe wrote: > > > Hi Ian, > > > > On Tuesday, December 04, 2001, 11:46:40 PM, you babbled something about: > > > > ID> I installed perl from source, not from and rpm and now any time I install > > ID> anything that depends on perl it says > > ID> error failed dependancies: > > ID> /usr/bin/perl is needed by whatever.rpm > > > > ID> I do have a /usr/bin/perl and it does work, and if I install the rpm with >--nodeps > > ID> it installs and it works. > > > > ID> How do I tell the rpm database that I have a /usr/bin/perl?? > > > > You could get a recent version of perl (rpm) and do a... > > > > rpm -ivh --justdb perl.whatever.rpm > > > > Untested, but should solve most of your problems. > > > > Have fun, > > -- > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Brian Ashe CTO > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. > > http://www.dee-web.com/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > You don't have to swim faster than the shark... > > You just have to swim faster than the people you're with. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing > section in a swimming pool? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
