From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 3 14:39:31 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 D8AC816A41F for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:39:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A38A43D45 for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:39:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.13.1/8.13.3) id j73EdTMo004616; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 09:39:29 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 09:39:29 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" Message-ID: <20050803143929.GC93405@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20050803065047.C16518@prime.gushi.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050803065047.C16518@prime.gushi.org> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 14:39:32 -0000 In the last episode (Aug 03), Dan Mahoney, System Admin said: > 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). The other advantage is that if you install perl modules via ports, portupgrade will upgrade them. I didn't think CPAN had any sort of automatic updating option. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com