Re: Problems installing Perl modules with CPAN on Wheezy
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:25:41 -0700 David Christensen dpchr...@holgerdanske.com wrote: On 06/27/2014 09:15 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: For the record, you might find it more useful to check if Debian has a package first, before resorting to CPAN. +1 I've destabilized Debian stable with non-Debian software, including CPAN modules. Now I am loath to install anything except via 'apt-get'. LOL, at a client's place, I was trying to customize the Perl-written Interchange web store software (don't ever use it, it's an atrocity) on circa 2003 Red Hat, and had to use CPAN for a new capability. That CPAN download broke the client's Vim and some other softwares. It took me 2 hours to undo the damage. That was the beginning of the end of my relationship with Perl. Steve Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140628091409.3b537...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
Re: Problems installing Perl modules with CPAN on Wheezy
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 01:59:31 +1200 Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 09:14:09AM -0400, slitt wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:25:41 -0700 David Christensen dpchr...@holgerdanske.com wrote: On 06/27/2014 09:15 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: For the record, you might find it more useful to check if Debian has a package first, before resorting to CPAN. +1 I've destabilized Debian stable with non-Debian software, including CPAN modules. Now I am loath to install anything except via 'apt-get'. LOL, at a client's place, I was trying to customize the Perl-written Interchange web store software (don't ever use it, it's an atrocity) on circa 2003 Red Hat, and had to use CPAN for a new capability. That CPAN download broke the client's Vim and some other softwares. It took me 2 hours to undo the damage. That was the beginning of the end of my relationship with Perl. That would have been the beginning of the end of my relationship with Red Hat! I think you blamed the wrong suspect. :( Yeah, I was already done with Red Hat, and by that time I was solidly a Mandrake Man. Speaking of Red Hat, there's a Linux group called LEAP, and 60% of their technical messages boil down to Fedora screwed me again!. Steve Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140628130719.589ae...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
Re: Problems installing Perl modules with CPAN on Wheezy
On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:01:09 +0100 Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday 28 June 2014 18:07:19 slitt wrote: Speaking of Red Hat, there's a Linux group called LEAP, and 60% of their technical messages boil down to Fedora screwed me again!. Careful Steve! You'll be accused of sniping again. ;-) Lisi I don't know why. I'm just minding my own business, lying in the tall grass, rifle in hand, gazing intently at everything in front of me. But seriously, Troubleshooters.Com switched from Red Hat to Caldera in 2000, and to Mandrake in 2000 or 2001. The only things I did with Red Hat after that was: 1) Taught a Linux class using Red Hat in 2003. The class was a dismal failure. 2) 2005 to present: Listened to the guys on LEAP say how much they love Fedora, but they can't get sound to work, can't get this to work, can't get that to work. 3) A couple weeks ago, booted Fedora Live to test whether a problem was hardware or software. Fedora did not perform well enough to take the necessary measurements. Boom! SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140628152555.27895...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
Re: Is grub perfect? (was Re: Does LXDE really require lightdm?)
On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:33:57 +0900 Joel Rees joel.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 7:48 AM, [...] Grub is a *boot loader*. Lately (last few years), it seems to be trying to do a lot more. What do you expect it to do? Mind read? I'd almost say that's one of the things the devs are trying to make it do. I have a feeling that a lot of this thread got procmailed to my /dev/null, but for the person who asked what I wanted it to do, that's simple: Boot the damn computer with a menu to choose predefined kernel/initrd/disk combinations, and nothing else. And for gosh sakes, keep it in one file. If a config option is about pretty, leave that feature out. In other words, grub1. SteveT -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140627231426.0422e...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
