Re: [Sheflug] Perl 5.6 backport to Potato?

[Barrie Bremner <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Hudson <home [at] alexhudson.com> writes:

    Alex> On Thursday 20 September 2001 18:41, you wrote:
    >> I'm running Debian Potato on my laptop, which only has Perl
    >> 5.0xx - is there any backported Perl 5.6 deb's around from
    >> Woody I can install?

    Alex> I don't know of any.

    Alex> If you want an up-to-date Perl, you could put the Perl
    Alex> package on hold and then perl -e -MCPAN 'install Perl' or
    Alex> something. This would mean that your local version of Perl
    Alex> is more up to date than dpkg realises, but means that any
    Alex> CPAN dependencies get worked out (if you're doing anything
    Alex> kung-fu with perl you'll probably want some dodgy perl
    Alex> modules at some point ;)

Having only just got the Llama book, and no time to sit down and read
man perl - what exactly does perl-e -MCPAN 'install Perl' do, besides
the obvious?

How do I put packages 'on hold'?

Cheers.

Baz.

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