gnc-fq-update

[Derek Atkins]

"AmigaPhil" <AmigaPhil at ping.be> writes:

> Is the "gnc-fq-update" command appropriate for any Linux distribution ?

Generally... no..  You should contact your distribution and get them
to update F::Q for you.

> I mean will it place all the files where it should; and could the
> database of installed packages be messed by a newer version of files
> not installed by the package manager (here it's Yast, as I'm using
> openSUSE 11.1) ?

Not necessarily.  In fact it might put it in exactly the wrong place,
and you could wind up with multiple copies lying around on your system
(from from CPAN, one from the system package) which could DEFINITELY
confuse things.

> AmigaPhil

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-derek

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