[PLUG] Updating All Perl Modules

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2010, Daniel Pittman wrote:

> If you got it from the OS, they should be able to sort it out.  If you
> hand-installed it, my strong preference is to repeat that install process
> which will do things like ensure that dependencies are followed and found.

   Dirvish is not part of Slackware.

> Current "best practice" is usually CPANPLUS, but that obviously means
> getting CPANPLUS installed on the machine.

   Rather self referential, eh? Use cpan to get cpanplus ... or cpanminus.

> However, cpanminus is starting to take over in the popularity and performance
> stakes for folks who have strongly Internet connected systems; it has some
> plugins to do things like "show me outdated modules" and the like.
>
>    https://github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus/tree/master/plugins

   I'll keep this for reference. I update perl modules only when some
application (such as building the most current spamassassin) requires them.
Otherwise, I ignore it.

Thanks, Daniel,

Rich