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How to port Perl 5.x to System V Release 4 systems
Porting (aka Installing) Perl 5.x to UNIX System V Release 4.x systems can be confusing, but it need not be difficult. Here are some notes to help you.

makerpm.pl
makerpm.pl is a script for generating RPM packages from Perl packages. It is based on the standard MakeMaker mechanism, thus hopefully compliant to both Perl and RPM standards. To use it, you simply
  • store makerpm.pl and the packages .tar.gz file in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
  • run
    makerpm --specs --source=<package>-<version>.tar.gz
    this will create a SPECS file in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
  • run
    rpm -ba /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/<package>-<version>.spec
    this will create binary and source RPM's


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