[Omaha.pm] Keeping tens of perl installs in sync. Is autobundle the answer?

[Jay Swackhamer]

it sounds like dave needs and intern......or at least one of the  
nodding birds that homer had...........

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Quoting "Chris St. Pierre" <stpierre at NebrWesleyan.edu>:

> On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Dave Thacker wrote:
>
>> Today I had to do a server count at the PWIW for licenses.  I have   
>> custody of
>> a few dozen servers, all running some form of perl.   I'm looking   
>> for ways to
>> improve configuration management,  including a perl install that   
>> uses lots 'o
>> modules.   For the OS stuff I'm leaning towares Puppet (1),
>> I've heard tales (2), (3) about the autobundle feature in CPAN, and was
>> contemplating trying it out to manage our perl installs.   What I'd like to
>> do is:
>>
>> (1) Use the OS install utilities to lay down a basic linux
>> (2) Have puppet build config files and packages as needed
>> (3) Have (insert cool perl tool here) install all my required packages
>> automagically without playing the CPAN return key waltz.
>> (4) Go home early :)
>>
>> DT
>
> I install all of my Perl modules as RPMs.  CPAN is slick as long as
> you have <2 machines and loads of time to babysit the Enter key, but
> it sucks as a package management system.
>
> Chris St. Pierre
> Unix Systems Administrator
> Nebraska Wesleyan University
>
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