Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: perl extra modules

[Robert Coie <rac@intrigue.com>]

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I deploy lots of Linux machines that are delivered to clients with
custom-written software, much of which is in perl and sometimes
depends on various CPAN modules.  To date, I have used Debian for
these sorts of projects, and it has been very helpful to simply make
debian control files that specify dependencies, so that the necessary
modules are installed automatically.

Having moved my personal hosts to Gentoo, I am looking into the
possibility of using Gentoo for new client installs as well, and have
contributed some ebuilds for various CPAN modules that I have found
need for in my work.

I was planning on using a custom "packages" file to simplify
installation of these custom machines, which, I suppose, would not be
feasible if the perl module ebuilds were dropped from the
distribution.  I would hope that whatever solution is agreed on,
people would keep in mind the goal of being able to easily specify for
installation several sets of Perl modules, and it would be nice if
there were support for some sort of dependency checking, as would be
provided for free by portage if the modules had ebuilds.

-- 
Robert Coie <rac@apropos.co.jp>
Implementor, Apropos Ltd.

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