[ic] Re: Newbie Installation Question

[Jason Kohles]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 10:18:04AM -0800, tburt@timburt.com wrote:
> 
> A bit of warning regarding the CPAN install routines....
> 
> I once did as suggested below, and allowed CPAN to auto install some 
> needed modules.  It promptly decided that I was running an outdated 
> version of perl (I was up to date w/rt RH rpms), and proceeded to upgrade 
> my perl to the latest version, without giving me a chance to say no.  The 
> upgrade continued for quite some time, (I was on a T1) and when it was 
> done, several of my previously running perl scripts were now broken.  It 
> took several more hours to remove all of the perl from my machine and 
> reinstall from the RH rpms.  I had several clients on the machine who were 
> inconvenienced by this rogue action.
> 
You can avoid this merely by upgrading the CPAN module first, as this
broken behavior has been corrected for some time.

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