SPUG: Packaging Applications Using CPAN Modules

[Scott Blachowicz]

On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 06:36:03PM -0700, Asim Jalis wrote:
> The make and make install steps need to somehow do the following 
> things:
> 
> (1) Figure out if the correct versions of the required CPAN modules 
>     are already installed on the machine.
> (2) If they are not then unzip and build and install the versions
>     shipped in the tarball. If the user is not root then the installation
>     of these packages should be to the directory where the application
>     is going to live.
> (3) Finally to build and install the application.
> 
> My question is this: Is there a module on CPAN that already does this?

Well...you COULD probably just set it up to always use YOUR version of the
modules by messing around with @INC in BEGIN blocks in your application
scripts?  Then, you don't have to worry about your points 1 & 2.  Not
the most elegant solution, but it might simplify things.

-- 
Scott Blachowicz

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