<snip> > First: although it ought to be clear by today as I author this > follow-up, you (Kevin Mark) do not seem to have read the O.P.'s posting. > Yes, I thought that was inplied by my orignial post. But your subject line. from my reading, said 'from CPAN', not 'from stable/testing/unstable'. > Second: "why not use [...]": because apt / dpkg (the Debian package > management system) will not know that you've installed that module. > That's very obvious to anyone who thinks about it for even a few > moments. > Yes I am aware of the idea of package managment. But a) its not perfect and b) there are times when one may not care/need/want to use it. > I am not saying "don't ever use CPAN.pm" to install Perl modules to > Debian (who am I, anyway?). Other actual *experts* have undoubtedly said > it already in the past, probably many times. It's up to each individual > to decide how they want to administer their Debian system. *I* use > CPAN.pm to install, sometimes. It's just that I know what I am doing > when I do so, I know what the drawback is. > That was my assumption, that you were not a total beginner, and that you knew what you were doing. So, I answer in accordance with this. <snip> -- Kevin Mark <kmark@pipeline.com>
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