Re: Ledger SMB Installation

["David A. Bandel" <..hidden..>]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 09:46, Stroller <..hidden..> wrote:
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>
> This is also covered in the INSTALL document:
> <http://ledger-smb.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ledger-smb/branches/1.2/INSTALL?view=markup
>  >
> or <http://tinyurl.com/nph7m8>.
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> Lines 120 - 139:
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>   8) Check Dependencies:
>
>   The Build.PL script can be used to test for unmet dependencies and
> run
>   other tests. It doesn't install anything yet, but it will tell you
>   what you are missing. To check for dependencies, run:

Yep.  I need to retest a virgin install (simple thanx to VirtualBox),
but the last time I tried on 1.2.x (which was a while ago) I had a few
dependencies still to fix from CPAN.  Will patch and submit next time
I do this.  1.3 seems a bit better in this department.

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>
> Personally, I prefer to use the distro's package manager, if possible,
> in preference to calling CPAN directly. I fear that, if I do that, my
> distro's package manager may later clobber the files because it
> doesn't know about them.
>

Hmm.  And you would care about this because ...???  Distro packages
will be older, but will still probably work.  Personally, I'd rather
have my modules from CPAN.  But then, I prefer my bread fresh too.
;-).

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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