On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 01:59:31 +1200 Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 09:14:09AM -0400, slitt wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:25:41 -0700 > > David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > > > > > On 06/27/2014 09:15 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > > > > For the record, you might find it more useful to check if Debian > > > > has a package first, before resorting to CPAN. > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > I've destabilized Debian stable with non-Debian software, > > > including CPAN modules. Now I am loath to install anything > > > except via 'apt-get'. > > > > > > LOL, at a client's place, I was trying to customize the > > Perl-written Interchange web store software (don't ever use it, it's > > an atrocity) on circa 2003 Red Hat, and had to use CPAN for a new > > capability. That CPAN download broke the client's Vim and some other > > softwares. It took me 2 hours to undo the damage. > > > > That was the beginning of the end of my relationship with Perl. > > That would have been the beginning of the end of my relationship with > Red Hat! I think you blamed the wrong suspect. :( > Yeah, I was already done with Red Hat, and by that time I was solidly a Mandrake Man. Speaking of Red Hat, there's a Linux group called LEAP, and 60% of their technical messages boil down to "Fedora screwed me again!". Steve Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140628130719.589ae...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
