Michael Grant wrote: > I try to keep my systems as up to date as possible. I use apt update > regularly. When I can install a perl module from apt, I usually do so > because then apt update picks up new versions of it. When I install > something which has a dependency on a perl module in apt, that module gets > installed. Things just work and I am unstressed and happy. > > However, what should I do if I need a perl module that someone hasn???t > kindly created a package for? I know I can install it from cpan. But once I > do that, then I have to keep that module up to date via cpan. Perhaps I???m > not alone and someone has a way to cross maintain these things that I???m > unaware of?
cpan2deb takes a CPAN module and builds it as a Debian package. Use a common suffix like -mgrant and you can spot these in package listings. When you upgrade, build new versions of all the -mgrant packages. -dsr-
