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Hi all, |
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I'm confused. (Not new, some might say) |
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What exactly does/should 'g-cpan -u' do? I was under the impression that |
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it would check all g-cpan installed perl modules and install newer |
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versions (if they exist). |
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So, why does the following happen: |
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thea ~ # g-cpan -u IO |
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* g-cpan: Looking for IO... |
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CPAN: Storable loaded ok |
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Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata |
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Database was generated on Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:49:13 GMT |
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* g-cpan: Checking ebuild for 'IO': IO |
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Running make for G/GB/GBARR/IO-1.22.tar.gz |
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*snip* |
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Manifying blib/man3/IO::File.3pm |
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Manifying blib/man3/IO::Socket::UNIX.3pm |
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Manifying blib/man3/IO.3pm |
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/usr/bin/make -- OK |
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Calculating dependencies ...done! |
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>>> Auto-cleaning packages ... |
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>>> No outdated packages were found on your system. |
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* GNU info directory index is up-to-date. |
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thea ~ # perl -MIO -e 'print IO->VERSION(), qq[\n];' |
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1.22 |
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thea ~ # g-cpan -u IO |
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* g-cpan: Looking for IO... |
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CPAN: Storable loaded ok |
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Going to read /root/.cpan/Metadata |
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Database was generated on Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:49:13 GMT |
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* g-cpan: Checking ebuild for 'IO': IO |
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Running make for G/GB/GBARR/IO-1.22.tar.gz |
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CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok |
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*snip* |
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OK, so I upgrade IO, is appears to install successfully. I check what |
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version of IO perl thinks I have installed. |
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So, just to be sure, I tell g-cpan to upgrade IO. It then 'upgrades' |
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from 1.22 to 1.22. |
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Erm. |
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I'm confused. |
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It seems to be the same or similar with 'g-cpan -u' to try to upgrade |
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everything. |
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I'm not even sure if 'g-cpan -u' does anything or not. |
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-- |
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Chisel Wright |
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e: chisel@×××××××××××××.uk |
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w: http://www.herlpacker.co.uk/ |
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