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Re: FC4 + yum, apt, CPAN, and repositories


On Dec 20, 2005, at 3:04 PM, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
>> 6) download and install the source tarball from CPAN
>
> Only do this if you want to re-package into a RPM.  Then
> consider adding to the RPMForge knowledge, as well as submit
> it to Fedora Extras for inclusion.

There's a bunch of CPAN modules that I need for which there is no  
RPM.  I have no problem recompiling and submitting.  But I have not  
built an RPM in years.  Any clues of how to get started putting  
together an RPM for submission?

Building a CPAN module is not difficult, it's just tedious: wget,  
untar, perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install.  If any of  
the last four steps fail, resolve dependencies and start again.

So, where do SPEC files fit into this process?  Is there an automated  
tool to serve as a guide?

Regards,
- Robert
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