-=| Xavier Oswald, Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 11:39:44AM +0100 |=- > On 03:21 Fri 09 Jan , gregor herrmann wrote: > > > > Heh, perhaps dh-make-perl can be made to check whether the package > > > requested to be created already exists :) > > > > Despite the smiley that might actually be a nice idea, then people > > would just have to remember "dh-make-perl --cpan Foo::Bar --build" > > (or we could provide a wrapper with a shorter name; cpan2deb?) and if > > the package already exists dh-make-perl says "Hey, why not just run > > `aptitude install libFOO-BAR-perl'?". > > I like the idea of a tool called cpan2deb. > > This would be really nice for users who don't know the command "dh-make-perl > --cpan Foo::Bar --build". Ack. I start writing it. It shall mimic 'dh-make-perl --cpan Foo::Bar --build', but fail if the package already exists. -- dam JabberID: dam@jabber.minus273.org
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