From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 3 11:27:13 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B41F16A41F for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 11:27:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: from prime.gushi.org (prime.gushi.org [65.125.228.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE80F43D48 for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 11:27:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: from prime.gushi.org (danm@localhost.gushi.org [127.0.0.1]) by prime.gushi.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j73BTqnn026718 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 07:29:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from danm@localhost) by prime.gushi.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j73BTqC4026717; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 07:29:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 07:29:52 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050803065047.C16518@prime.gushi.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Subject: BSDPAN versus CPAN 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, 03 Aug 2005 11:27:13 -0000 Hey all, I'm under the understanding that it's somehow preferable to install perl modules via the ports system, rather than the straight off perl -MCPAN -e shell system I normally use. Apparently the only advantage is this avoids the "no origin recorded" errors (although portupgrade can't handle BSDPAN modules). On that note, is there any sort of CPAN equivalent that will, upon trying to build a module will try the ports tree first, and failing that, will function as a wraparound to the CPAN module? -- "A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic." -Josef Stalin, As quoted on the cover to Savatage's "Dead Winter Dead" --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org ---------------------------