Re: SL -> LS pain

[Mads Kiilerich <..hidden..>]

Gavin Carr wrote, On 05/10/2007 04:03 AM:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 02:47:52AM +1000, Ashley J Gittins wrote:
>   
> > On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Phil Rhoades wrote:
> >     
> > > but I can't find a perl-Config-Std rpm anywhere (I installed
> > > perl-Config* but that didn't help) . .
> > >       
> > Hi Phil,
> > 	I had the same problem on FC6. After some googling I found this package via 
> > pbone:
> > ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/reb00t.com/fedora/6/perl/perl-Config-Std-0.0.4-1.n0i.2.v0.0.4.noarch.rpm
> >
> > It seemed to do the job. IIRC I think it required the perl-version package as 
> > well, but that one is in extras or core so no problem there.
> >
> > I agree with you though, it is painful to deal with perl packages on 
> > fedora/redhat if you are trying to do things "the distro way" by sticking to 
> > rpms. If anyone has tips on how to manage this (just installing via cpan 
> > isn't really "managing" it) I'd love to hear them - hopefully there is some 
> > trick to using cpan to magically create rpm's or something :-)
> >     

FYI:
In the LedgerSMB rpm all the missing modules are simply extracted and 
placed in the top-level LedgerSMB directory. AFAIK it works.

The alternative is to install numerous custom-made system-wide packages. 
Even though it is rpms I don't think it is "the distro way"-ish.

/Mads