Re: How to upgrade perl standard module?

Tanel Kokk <tanel.kokk.remove.it@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Situation is as follows: module MIME::Base64 is perl standard module
> in SuSE Enterprise Server. Module version is 2.21. Now I would like to
> use program, which requires the latest version of MIME::Base64,
> version of 3.05.
>
> What is the correct way to upgrade the module?
>
>
> 1) perl -MCPAN -e shell
> At first I thought that this method should be most correct way, but
> what about rpm dependecies, when there will be perl rpm package
> upgrade in the future?
>
> 2) standard method: perl Makefile.PL && make && make test && make install
>
> What do you think?

I tend to look at package managers as an all-or-nothing affair - either I let
them manage everything, or nothing at all.

So, I'd leave the SuSE-managed copy of Perl strictly alone - there might be
other packages that depend on it in ways I'm not aware of. Then I'd install
my own Perl somewhere else, like /usr/local or /opt/perl, where I could do
as I please without fear of breaking or being broken by RPM.

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