"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> So apparently the dh-make-perl overlay is causing this error some how. >> >> I need some of the perl modules installed right now for a school >> project so am installing them directly with the CPAN shell, until I >> figure out if its my local technique that is the problem. >> >> I wonder if doing this without dh-make-perl, sort of behind debians >> back, will cause me some grief in some way later? >> > Put everything in /usr/local/lib/site_perl. Once the immediacy of your need > has gone away, you can spend time looking for a better solution. I would have > sworn File::Find was packaged.
On my install, even perldoc was not available. Once added, calling perldoc File::Find was the test I used to see if it was available. It wasn't. But maybe more a shortcoming of my install technique than anything else. > The biggest issue you will face is if another package depends on say > File::Find > it will install it and you will have two possibly differing versions of a perl > module installed. Ok, that could be easily resolved I think so I guess its no biggie.
