Hi All, 
Just wanted some people's thoughts on what the 'best' way to install
perl modules on linux is: CPAN or your distro's package manager.
A large number of perl modules have been packaged and made part of the
distro. When setting up a virgin system, am I better to use CPAN to
install my modules, or use the package manager?
I have heard it said elsewhere that using rpm's and .deb's allows other
people to fix any incompatibility issues before they get to you, but
others are of the opinion that using CPAN gives better control over
upgrades and versioning, etc. 
Seeing as how I'm rebuilding a server at the moment which uses lots of
extra modules, I'm wondering which is the better way to go.
Any thoughts?
 
Regards,
             Leigh
 
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