Perl Modules and CPAN
I'm finding that a lot of times I end up installing perl modules
from CPAN in order to obtain stable versions or versions with
functionality that I need.
The problem that I run into with this method is that I end up with
either two sets of software in different locations: one for
Debian, the other for CPAN.
Additionally, the Debian package library does not know about
anything that I have installed independently and will block on
dependencies.
Is there any way that I might be able to reconcile some of these
differences? I would love to be able to install from CPAN and
leave them and have Debian's packaging systen eventually upgrade
over them when the same packages are released as .debs.
But I cannot fathom how to begin doing this. Meanwhile I have
some packages that are duplicates, some are CPAN and some are Debian.
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I marvel at the strength of human weakness.
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