[rt-users] Redhat RPMs?

[Benjamin Reed]

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Jamie Wilkinson wrote:

> cpan2rpm (first hit on google) is a fantastic tool for using CPAN modules on
> rpm based systems; the caveat with Red Hat 8 and CPAN is that, as you've
> discovered, not everything will install without a 'force', there happen to
> be some cyclic dependencies in some CPAN modules, and there are even cases
> where the CPAN modules that come as part of the perl base RPM are broken or
> out of date for RT3.
> 
> I chose the cpan2rpm path for my installation because I wanted to be able to
> manage upgrades to the modules in the Red Hat way, keeping track of CPAN and
> RPMs separately is too hard.  I also need to be able to reproduce a
> machine's installation and installing pe-built packages is much faster than
> building a module with each machine build.

Just an FYI, most of the ones that you need to "replace" (that also come 
with perl on redhat) you can usually take care of with cpan2rpm by doing:

   cpan2rpm --shadow-pure <package>

That will make it not try to replace the existing version, it will just 
override it.  Then you don't have to install with --force.  Between 
- --shadow-pure and --make-no-test, you should be able to install all of 
RT's dependencies without forcing things on the RPM database, I believe.


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