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Re: [ic] Re: Newbie Installation Question
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 10:18:04AM -0800, tburt@timburt.com wrote:
>
> A bit of warning regarding the CPAN install routines....
>
> I once did as suggested below, and allowed CPAN to auto install some
> needed modules. It promptly decided that I was running an outdated
> version of perl (I was up to date w/rt RH rpms), and proceeded to upgrade
> my perl to the latest version, without giving me a chance to say no. The
> upgrade continued for quite some time, (I was on a T1) and when it was
> done, several of my previously running perl scripts were now broken. It
> took several more hours to remove all of the perl from my machine and
> reinstall from the RH rpms. I had several clients on the machine who were
> inconvenienced by this rogue action.
>
You can avoid this merely by upgrading the CPAN module first, as this
broken behavior has been corrected for some time.
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Jason Kohles jkohles@redhat.com
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Red Hat Professional Consulting (703)456-2940 (office)
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