I don't know about Debian, but I've had more than my fair share of problems with packages from Ubuntu repo, and usually a compile from upstream source fixes the problems. I remember a case with php5-gd where Debian refuses to update their repo to the new version, causing widespread problems for any php app relying on image scaling. For a while, the only way to fix it was to compile from upstream source. So you see where I'm coming from.<div>
<br></div><div><div><div>But besides that, an immediately visible benefit is that you don't have to go hunt for package names in repos if you use cpan. You can just grab the name that's given by the dependency checker.</div>
<div><br></div><div>--Mizst<br><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Chris Cormack <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris@bigballofwax.co.nz">chris@bigballofwax.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">2011/4/30 Mizst Audens <<a href="mailto:mizstik@gmail.com">mizstik@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div class="im">> Sorry for misunderstanding. Normally you get perl modules from CPAN like<br>
> this:<br>
> $ cpan CGI::Session::Driver::memcached<br>
> That's usually a safer bet than relying on distro repository. Normally you'd<br>
> fall back to the repo when there's a conflict of some sort, or it fail to<br>
> compile.<br>
> I thought you tried cpan without the -ached part so it could not be found at<br>
> first.<br>
<br>
</div>I disagree, I would thoroughly recommend that if you are using Debian<br>
you should always use the packaged version first, and only use CPAN if<br>
it isn't packaged.<br>
That way you get the added security of the debian security team<br>
looking at your bugs, system upgrades don't break your locally<br>
installed modules, and a myriad of other reasons.<br>
<br>
Having said that, for this one, you can either grab the package from<br>
sid (unstable) and dpkg -i it on, or use dh-make-perl or as a last<br>
resort CPAN it on.<br>
<br>
It obviously missed the cut for squeeze.<br>
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Chris<br>
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