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. :( -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- 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/20140628135931.GB8228@tal
