Christopher H. Laco wrote: > Jeff Chimene wrote: > >> Jonathan Vanasco wrote: >> >>> Try installing Scalar::Util by hand, or from a CPAN shell -- that >>> module and a few others don't seem to like being installed as >>> dependencies by many modules. >>> >>> few perl modules make it to debian packages, fewer are timely. debian >>> was notorious for a long time from having extremely out of date >>> packages. you could try using the ubuntu ports system -- its far >>> better maintained than debian. i've heard that regular debian >>> machines can use them - I don't know the validity of that. there >>> could also be a verison of rose in unstable. >>> >>> other than that, i'd suggest installing from source or cpan. there >>> are only 2 real differences between a real install ( cpan / source ) >>> and a .deb : where the files go, and if the files are hooked into an >>> upgrade system (other than cpan's own ) >>> >> Thanks for this advice. It turns out there was a similar question on the >> Catalyst list. You're absolutely right: the Scalar::Util from CPAN got >> installed as a dependency. By removing it, I reverted to the Debianized >> version; which version does have the XS support. >> >> FWIW, there can be other differences between a Debianized version and >> CPAN. I'm not sure of the intricacies, but LIB::SAX (sic) has some sort >> of Debian-specific hook(s) in it. The Debian Catalyst package was a >> good bootstrap, and I was able to get Catalyst going from there (using >> CPAN to fill in the holes). >> > > Don't get me started on Debian perl modules again... > http://use.perl.org/~jk2addict/journal/32619 > > -=Chris My theory: dog vs. fire hydrant
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