Enterprise CPAN

tqisjim has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

My organization is a Perl enterprise. I'd like to standardize our library modules to use TQIS:: extension and load them in the same fashion as the CPAN distributions.

In this scenario, we would use the "make dist" utility, but distribute the tarballs via a local git server instead of uploading to PAUSE.

Can the CPAN module be configured to load a tarball this way? Is there another utility I should use instead?

We are planning to build another server tomorrow. One of the most time-consuming tasks is pre-loading required modules from CPAN. This solution would make the effort much easier by specifying the requirements in Makefile.PL.

UPDATE

Not sure I remember how to do an update, but having perfectly great success with cpanminus. Thanks!

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Re: Enterprise CPAN by tinita (Parson) on Feb 27, 2014 at 08:16 UTC
Try out pinto, it's like a private CPAN server. Via commandline you can add your private modules to it, and you can use it with cpanm as a mirror (both file based and webserver).	[reply]
Re^2: Enterprise CPAN by tobyink (Canon) on Feb 27, 2014 at 10:05 UTC
It's worth noting that with pinto, you're not just limited to hosting your own modules, but can import modules from CPAN too. (This is especially useful for keeping a copy of your dependencies.) You can "pin" those modules at known good version numbers. So if everything goes pear-shaped upstream, you're sitting pretty! Also look at Stratopan, a cloud-hosted version of pinto. `use Moops; class Cow :rw { has name => (default => 'Ermintrude') }; say Cow->new->name`	[reply]
Re: Enterprise CPAN by Anonymous Monk on Feb 27, 2014 at 01:30 UTC
Sounds like you don't need to bother with CPAN module at all cpanm Re: Perl + CPAN torrent or ISO: CPAN::Mini, Portable, cpaninject, minicpan / CPAN::Mini / CPAN::Mini::Inject - Inject modules into a CPAN::Mini mirror. dpan - create a DarkPAN from directories How to install a DarkPAN module?, RFC: Private CPAN In A Box	[reply]


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