Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:15:31 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install a Perl module that's not currently a port? Message-ID: <20041014201531.GA58524@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20041014185557.GT8057@seekingfire.com> References: <20041014174541.GR8057@seekingfire.com> <416EC02F.5000700@vonostingroup.com> <20041014185557.GT8057@seekingfire.com>
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--Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 12:55:57PM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 02:06:39PM -0400, Frank Laszlo wrote: > > Tillman Hodgson wrote: > >=20 > > >Howdy, > > > > > >How does one cleanly install a perl module (List::Group, in this case) > > >that's not currently a port? I seem to recall reading something about a > > >CPAN wrapper or something along those lines ... > > > > You could either create your own port for it, or use cpan to install it= ,=20 > > information regarding cpan can be found at > > http://www.cpan.org, to get to the cpan shell, simply execute: > > perl -MCPAN -e shell >=20 > I'll likely create my own port then, as I don't want to get off the > portupgrade track. I was hoping that there was a CPAN wrapper that would > "portify" modules brought in via CPAN automatically. Actually, BSDPAN does most of that. It overrides the normal CPAN behaviour to register the installed package in the pkgdb -- so you can delete it or make a FreeBSD pkg out of it. The worst problem is that a package installed via BSDPAN doesn't have a port origin or the other usual bits for an ordinary port. They're also not capable of being maintained by portupgrade(1). Having a real port for any useful perl modules is desirable. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBbt5jiD657aJF7eIRApTzAJ9SeVi26RXw/U5mfGUmXNSJnNpMtwCfdEFS fu/ChWGhJaqkFIvaseNA+Jo= =JhJU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v--
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