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