perl irritations

[Steve Phillips]

m.roth2006 at rcn.com wrote:
>> My guess is that the -devel package split goes back as far as your
>> version.
> 
> The problem is that this is my firewall/router. I do NOT WANT a gcc on it. Am I going to need to put it on, and take it off, every time I need an update from CPAN? And to remove all *-devel rpms?

erm, then why are you trying to use a tool that relies on compilers and 
development tools being present ?

Would it not be better to put CPAN on a dev box and then use that to 
compile the required perl modules, make them into packages and 
distribute the binaries to the firewall instead ?

-- 
Steve.