What in the name of the great Fubar is an "autobundle" and how might
one gutsy enough to use one go about doing it? (More and more I find
myself starting to lean far over to the "wrong side" in an ancient
battle in this group....)
{o.o}
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On 20 Jan 2005, Daniel Quinlan whispered secretively:
> > How do you remove a package installed with CPAN, anyway?
>
> Generate an autobundle, edit it, `rm -rf' your site-perl directory, and
> reinstall the autobundle. (Yes, it's a sick half-witted kludge.)
>
> > And how do you
> > remove old turds from old CPAN packages you've upgraded via CPAN?
>
> The same hideous way --- well, the UNINST=1 parameter is meant to ditch
> dead no-longer-relevant gunge, but doesn't do a perfect job.
>
>
> But, yes, CPAN is all very well but not exactly ideal. (Let's not
> even talk about CPANPLUS, the worst forgetter of its own settings
> I've ever seen.)
>
> --
> `Blish is clearly in love with language. Unfortunately,
> language dislikes him intensely.' --- Russ Allbery
