I would not be surprised if the version number indicated the module in not
Pure Perl, but rather includes some C source code. Which would then need
to be compiled specifically for the version of Perl installed.
mrc
Hi Michael,
On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 08:50:57PM +, Michael Grant wrote:
> I try to keep my systems as up to date as possible. I use apt update
> regularly. When I can install a perl module from apt, I usually do so
> because then apt update picks up new versions of it. When I install
> so
Hello,
On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 08:14:05PM -0500, Michael Grant wrote:
> > Well, that would do the job thoughtlessly. It might backfire
> > spectacularly.
[…]
> apt has an excellent reputation, I'm not sure I see why mechanizing
> such a process as apt does should be necessarily be bad. I'm not
> Well, that would do the job thoughtlessly. It might backfire
> spectacularly.
>
> If one set up a service in that way, it would eventually get a
> terrible reputation.
>
> If, on the other hand, one spent the time to maintain those
> packages properly... you could be a Debian Maintainer, and ge
Michael Grant wrote:
> > cpan2deb takes a CPAN module and builds it as a Debian package.
> > Use a common suffix like -mgrant and you can spot these in
> > package listings.
> >
> > When you upgrade, build new versions of all the -mgrant
> > packages.
>
> Thanks. So in one way this makes it eas
> cpan2deb takes a CPAN module and builds it as a Debian package.
> Use a common suffix like -mgrant and you can spot these in
> package listings.
>
> When you upgrade, build new versions of all the -mgrant
> packages.
Thanks. So in one way this makes it easier to remove the module which
cpan do
Michael Grant wrote:
> I try to keep my systems as up to date as possible. I use apt update
> regularly. When I can install a perl module from apt, I usually do so
> because then apt update picks up new versions of it. When I install
> something which has a dependency on a perl module in apt
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