[Mageia-sysadm] perl modules shipped by mageia - db hosted on mageia servers?

Mon Feb 20 15:47:38 CET 2012

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Jerome Quelin <jquelin at gmail.com> wrote:
+> hi,
+>
+> i've updated module::packaged::generator to support mageia (among a lot
+> of other improvements). it creates a sqlite database with all perl
+> modules available in mageia, with their version and the rpm package
+> holding the module. the package to install is (only available on
+> cauldron) perl-Module-Packaged-Generator-1.111.890-1.mga2
+>
+> i'd like this database to be available somewhere on mageia servers.
+> would it be possible to have one of the servers run the following
+> command on a regular basis (eg, every day, or every 2-3 days, or at
+> worst every week):
+>
+>    pkgcpan -q
+>
+> there won't be any output (-q flag) unless it bails out. it requires an
+> internet connection. it doesn't take too long (19 seconds here with cpan
+> index update), nor too much cpu. it doesn't require special rights - it
+> only needs a writable home for storing some intermediate data. it will
+> create a file cpan_Mageia.db in the current directory. to change the
+> path to the db being created, use the -f flag:
+>
+>    pkgcpan -q -f /path/to/cpan_Mageia.db
+>
+> if the servers aren't yet using mageia, the command will either fail or
+> create a db for another distribution (since it would pick a wrong
+> driver). it's possible to over-ride the platform auto-detection with the
+> -d flag:
+>
+>    pkgcpan -q -f /path/to/cpan_Mageia.db -d Mageia
+>
+> once this is scheduled, please let me know the refresh rate and the url
+> where resulting file can be downloaded. the url doesn't need to be sexy
+> or short or whatever - it will be hidden in a perl module responsible
+> for automatic mirroring.
+>
+>
+> thanks,
+> jérôme
+
+this is available here :
+
+http://pkgcpan.mageia.org/cpan_Mageia.db
+