Bug 101266

Summary:	g-cpan does not handle upgraded versions of perl modules.
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Rusty Phillips <rustyp>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Perl team <perl>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	hakan, perl, yuval
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	g-cpan
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Rusty Phillips 2005-08-03 16:48:50 UTC

g-cpan will not install over a version of a g-cpan generated module with the
latest version from CPAN.  I would consider this a critical feature, as the
whole point of using portage with CPAN is to allow for graceful upgrades.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Install an old version of any CPAN module using gcpan.
2.  Wait
3.  Try to install the latest version. 

Actual Results:  
g-cpan refused to install the package.  The CPAN module had no trouble though.

Comment 1 Michael Cummings (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-08-12 03:28:04 UTC

are the ebuilds in your overlay? i tested the upgrade features before applying
this to the tree last time and they worked fine over here. What command are you
using?

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-09-04 04:12:34 UTC

Mass re-assign.

Comment 3 Garrison 2005-10-18 09:37:26 UTC

In brief, the problem is that g-cpan will happily install a module without a
working overlay, but it is then impossible to upgrade that module later, overlay
or not.

I would expect that it should allow the installation of any module that does not
otherwise have an ebuild.  The current behaviour is annoying.

Comment 4 Garrison 2005-10-18 10:14:35 UTC

Since ebuilds are checked by ebuild_exists(), is module_check() even necessary?

Comment 5 Michael Cummings (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-06-13 14:37:12 UTC

This bug has to be closed because without an overlay, there isn't anything for g-cpan to work with. The overlay is the key to working with what you have and don't have on your box.