From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 24 15:05:25 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E63A316A418 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:05:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aliyaharbouri@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADBE813C480 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:05:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aliyaharbouri@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so194134wxd for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:05:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=59DJojg4M45s/5jo53//7uUEKePC4wE3Ctu3VqtRULU=; b=erC+Ykepp3Rq47zBu2C1l/SgJgNiDZnmU5QVlYJ/A2X6F5xNX6oCFaCGiaOeR30aFt+HeY9N6VpMzVXLrUnxKqn3ZRwvvp5Mw7DEVzI5YFJh6H/qCelUodPwrzZG2JDyFQw3aibOJntadJOdGwGc+pTJuGxZuarB+wr88jeQKV0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jyjRDfFBvNCKAuUjjoiSD91Lvij6jg0jB03zKYRWvqDCgtw19+vQZAN9k/cD0S2g9ptURJ6KEF2R5b4LB2b+Souvuj9tp2Ry2cbAJKL4XPF4/n1qfjvWUXL4bWvJVkcHLD3u3OQmFbaE7tiTIfuvKGjEtJyCiihybW0SvrF8K+U= Received: by 10.70.7.4 with SMTP id 4mr1143532wxg.1193238315350; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:05:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.71.13 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:05:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:05:15 -0700 From: "Aliya Harbouri" To: jamesh@lanl.gov In-Reply-To: <49444.128.165.0.81.1193237434.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <471EDBCB.8010009@enabled.com> <20071024065243.2C41.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> <471F36CD.6000603@unsane.co.uk> <49444.128.165.0.81.1193237434.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> Cc: Vince , User Questions Subject: Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:05:26 -0000 Hi everybody! > I'm not a very heavy perl user, but I've never *needed* to install CPAN on > FreeBSD. A little creative searching has revealed that most perl packages > are part of the FreeBSD Ports collection. > > If you use more obscure CPAN packages, I can see there might be a need to > install CPAN, but try ports first. I'll just add my 2-cents. I've had repeated 'issues' with port-installed BSDPAN perl modules. Those have been the usual: lagging versions, source bugs, dependency conflicts with modules installed that are unavailable of problematic via BSDPAN, etc etc. I've found, in those cases, that communicating with the Port-maintainer has not always been 'fruitful', and, communicating with the perl mod author usually results in "that's a freebsd port problem". So, I currently use the Perl 588 *port*. Then I install CPANPLUS and remove all traces of BSDPAN-installed modules, replacing them with CPANPLUS-installed modules. A little bit of work, but, once done, I've had very few problems, and *much* better responsiveness from perl module authors in actually fixing problems. And, the folks on the perl lists/channels are much more willing/able to answer/solve problems. Also, around here, I've got many different platforms to deal with. Perl+CPANPLUS is platform agnostic -- it looks-n-feels the same. Just easier for my brain to grok than yet-another "way" -- ala BSDPAN. Like I said, just my 2-cents. HTH! Ali