From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 16 05:04:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 3982016A4DA for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 05:04:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECDA943D53 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 05:04:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6G549TU063211; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:04:09 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) with ESMTP id k6G5498C063208; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:04:09 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:04:09 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Gerard Seibert In-Reply-To: <20060715193110.EF75.GERARD@seibercom.net> Message-ID: <20060715225141.J63110@wonkity.com> References: <20060714171453.FE9D.GERARD@seibercom.net> <20060715193110.EF75.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:04:10 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port for Perl modules 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: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 05:04:14 -0000 On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Gerard Seibert wrote: > Nikolas Britton wrote: > >> On 7/14/06, Gerard Seibert 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