On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Jay Curtis wrote:
Hello
I am having a problem with understanding what is going wrong with installing
perl modules and then trying to install rpm packages that rely on that
module. When I download a perl module from CPAN and install it using the
standard "perl Makefile.pl; make; make test; make install", the module makes
and installs with no errors. When I then try to install an rpm package,
i.e. perl.MLDBM-2.01.1.2.fc4.rf.noarch from dries repository, the rpm
command fails with:
[...]
Use RPM for Perl modules _or_ use CPAN: Don't mix both on an ad hoc basis.
_Bad Things (TM)_ will happen otherwise.
Be very aware that the RPM system doesn't know about CPAN installs and,
further, sometimes seems to install some modules components in unusual
directories. This can result in wierd versioning problems for modules as
CPAN installs something in one directory while RPM puts something in a
different directory with a different version or as the RPM installed
modules partially or completely overwrite CPAN installed modules.
--
Benjamin Franz
The designer of a new kind of system must participate fully in the implementation.
- Donald E. Knuth
