Suggestion

[Julian Field]

At 13:45 30/10/2002, you wrote:
>* Stephane Lentz (Stephane.Lentz at ANSF.ALCATEL.FR) wrote:
> >
> > rpm -ql perl | grep 'File/Spec' 1>/dev/null
> > [ $? -eq 0 ] && file_spec_in_perl_rpm=1
> >
> > if file_spec_in_perl_rpm is set to 1 then latter
> > do not try to rebuild and install the File-Spec RPM
>
>Alright, but I reckon my question is am I out anything by not having the
>updatedFile::Spec perl module?
>
>I guess my ultimate question is are there any modules that are patched by
>MS and her team (if she's a she, I only assume mailscanner is a girl due
>to the initials are MS),  that won't match up with the modules in
>CPAN?  Or if I keep them updated from CPAN, am I ok?

The only one I patch is the MIME-tools set. Everything else is a standard
build. You don't want to get any 5.5xxx versions of MIME-tools, you must
stick with 5.411 + 4 patches.
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