Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:04:09 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port for Perl modules Message-ID: <20060715225141.J63110@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20060715193110.EF75.GERARD@seibercom.net> References: <20060714171453.FE9D.GERARD@seibercom.net> <ef10de9a0607151411w207cd8b5iaa0b407fe153453b@mail.gmail.com> <20060715193110.EF75.GERARD@seibercom.net>
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On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Gerard Seibert wrote: > Nikolas Britton wrote: > >> On 7/14/06, Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> wrote: >>> Sorry if I asked this before, but does anyone know if there is a port >>> for the following Perl modules: >>> >>> 1) Net-SMTP-SSL >>> 2) Bundle Libnet >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=p5&stype=all > > That was probably the first thing I did. Unfortunately, the ports tree > does not list Perl modules as they are listen on CPAN. Consequently, > finding the exact module can sometimes be a challenge. In this > particular case, I have not been able to isolate either of the two > modules list above. I find it hard to believe that neither of them has > been ported however, especially since so many obscure modules do reside > in the ports tree. The names are formatted a little differently, but they seem to be consistent. CPAN's Net::SMTP would be p5-Net-SMTP in ports. Replace the double colon with a dash; the search will work without the "p5". You can use CPAN directly, of course; the main reason not to is the ports make updating and deinstalling easier. There's also CPANPLUS (/usr/ports/devel/p5-CPANPLUS) which is supposed to be the new way to deal with CPAN, at least for the non-FreeBSD world. I haven't tried it. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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