[Chicago-talk] FreeBSD. Ports collection vs CPAN?

[Steven Lembark]

> modules in the ports collection. What are the pros and cons of using 
> the ports collection for adding/updating modules vs CPAN. On Mac OSX 
> I've always used CPAN. Any thoughts or advise is welcome.

If the modules you use are Purely Perly then they
don't need ports. 

If your local compiler is having serious problems
with a module (e.g., the version gcc has a bug)
then the ports can be handy until you figure out
the issue, solve it, and are able to get items from
CPAN once again.


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