Re: [rt.cpan.org #58445] overzealous usage of configure_requires considered harmful
On Sun, 2010-20-06 at 15:35 +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> > > I might have added "installing from lenny-backports" at (2), however.
> >
> > I think that would be (0).
>
> There is a potential problem here in the backports.org policy of not
> accepting packages that can be installed from squeeze.
Thanks, that's useful to know.
>
> > Presently, I just install things from cpan but building packages is a
> > better option. It was Tina who is *required* to build packages.
>
> There is a caveat when installing from CPAN on Debian-based
> distribution. Debian's perl is so configured that cpan installs stuff
> in /usr/local and that tree is before /usr/{share,lib}/perl5 in @INC.
I understand that ...
> So once you install from CPAN, that version will take precedence over
> the one installed via a debian package, even if you upgrade the
> distribution.
... but I had not considered this (I rarely dist-upgrade).
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