Re: Perl & dpkg
Hi,
I am working on a pre-alpha software that uses CPAN.pm,
downloads the sources, and creates a .deb package for the sources. It
does require the user to input a control file that contains
information about dependencies, a package description, section,
priority (standard, optional, extra) and other systems integration
information required to integrate the package into the system.
Unfortunately, I have been swamped recently (in my line of
work, December and Jun/July are the busiest periods, for some obscure
reason), so it maybe a while before it sees the light of day in
Hamm.
Once we have this mechanism working, it may be the right thing
to try to get it integrated into CPAN.pm as Debian.pm or something,
and then CPAN and dpkg shall work well together.
manoj
--
"Observe that for the programmer, as for the chef, the urgency of the patron
may govern the scheduled completion of the task, but it cannot govern the
actual completion. An omelette, promised in two minutes, may appear to be
progressing nicely. But when it has not set in two minutes, the customer
has two choices -- wait or eat it raw. Software customers have had the
same choices."
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr, _The Mythical Man-Month_
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
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