> Why does it have to be in the ports tree? Does the CPAN version
> not run on FreeBSD?
Just for consistency's sake. The ports system sometimes gets confused if
you have a mix of ports and cpan installed packages.
Exactly, that's why I prefer to do everything via ports. For one,
it's the absolute easiest way to install stuff on Freebsd, and two, as the
previous poster mentioned, consistency. You're less likely to encounter
those "ugly" problems that tend to crop up periodically if you stick to
ports. I'm not saying ports is perfect, but there's a level of
accountability there that doesn't exist in raw installed programs, files
and dependencies that I happen to like. :D
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