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Tuesday May 14, 2002
10:58 PM

Autoupdate

[ #4929 ]
Is there a script I can run from cron that will automatically update my modules from CPAN? I know it's a security risk, but given that my modus operandi is to say:

% sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell
cpan> install Module::Foo

and I automatically follow prerequisites, I figure I'm already at the mercy of anyone who maintains the modules I already have. There's nothing preventing them from changing the Makefile.PL of their new release to drop my /etc/passwd into the mail for them, or add a new account, or even just require Nat::You've::Been::R00ted.

Why do I want this? I'm working an hour a night on the next edition of the Perl Cookbook, and I'm doing SOAP stuff. I want to test code, which means I need SOAP::Lite installed, which means I need ... and suddenly the world of dependencies is opening before me. And when I did an r in CPAN shell to see what else I should update ... aiee! Leave a machine a month and it becomes a bloody fossil!

--Nat


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  • use a Bundle (Score:3, Informative)

    by hfb (74) on 2002.05.14 23:12 (#8427) Homepage Journal

    Use autobundle from the list of the modules you want up to date and then just write a cheap script to install them into a temp and non-priv location if you don't want to run it as root. See the CPAN FAQ and the CPAN.pm docs :)

  • Easiest method is probably to use CPANPLUS and rip the code for the 'o' command (CPAN.pm's 'r'). That'll get you a list of modules. Then you just need to run an install for each one. Shouldn't be too hard.
    --
      ---ict / Spoon
  • /usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install(CPAN::Shell->r)'

    --
    -- briac

    • C<install> is exported by default, so you can just install(CPAN::Shell->r).

      --
      J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
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