Re: [Module::Build] Help: Module::Build V 0.21 under WinXP

[Randy W. S. <Ra...@Th...>]

On 11/6/2003 4:11 PM, Randy W. Sims wrote:

> On 11/6/2003 1:16 AM, Ron Savage wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 00:38:24 -0500, Randy W. Sims wrote:
>>
>> Hi Randy
>>
>>
>>> That should be 'codebase', and that should be given on the command
>>> line
>>> for the ppd target.
>>>
>>> perl Build ppd codebase="./x86/CGI-Explorer-2.02.tar.gz"
>>
>>
>>
>> OK.
>>
>> The output is:
>> -----><8-----
>>     <IMPLEMENTATION>
>>         <CODEBASE HREF="./x86/CGI-Explorer-2.02.tar.gz" />
>>     </IMPLEMENTATION>
>> -----><8-----
>> whereas it should look like (this is downloaded from Randy Kobe's site):
>> -----><8-----
>>     <IMPLEMENTATION>
>>         <OS NAME="MSWin32" />
>>         <ARCHITECTURE NAME="MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8" />
>>         <CODEBASE 
>> HREF="http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/x86/Module-Build.tar.gz" />
>>     </IMPLEMENTATION>
>> -----><8-----
> 
> 
> I've taken a quick look a Dave's code, and it seems to me it is doing 
> the right thing. If there is no XS code, it assumes that this is a 
> cross-platform module, so it omits the OS & ARCHITECTURE tags. Does ppm 
> fail without those tags?
> 
>>> For the errors, try updating your version of Archive::Tar from:
>>>
>>> <http://p4.elixus.org/snap/Archive-Tar.tar.gz>
>>
>>
>> That version makes a difference:
>>
>> But CGI-Explorer-2.02.tar.gz does not contain any paths :-(.
> 
> 
> Ok. I'll try to look into this tonight. I seem to recall running into 
> this problem in some script I wrote a while back. Does this occur only 
> on Windows...
> 
> Randy.
> 

I played around with this for about 30-45 min. before realizing it 
works. I bet your using a program like WinZip to look at the archive; it 
  apparently doesn't always read the tar format correctly. I use a port 
of tar on Windows. (Can't remember where I got it; my usual source for 
ports is <http://sourceforge.net/project/gnuwin32>, but that tar is 
broken. I will email it upon request.) You might wish to check with the 
authors/maintainers of your archive program and/or Archive::Tar for full 
compatiblity info.

As far as the ppd output, Dave's implementation is correct according to 
the OSD specification <http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-OSD.html>. Note in 
section 4, the first example shows an IMPLEMENTATION section that is OS 
dependent first which includes an OS element followed by an 
IMPLEMENTATION section for any OS which does not include an OS element. 
PPM is supposed to follow the OSD spec. If it does not work correctly, 
try the ppm mailing list 
<http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/ppm>.

HTH,
Randy.

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