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

[Ron S. <ro...@de...>]

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 18:09:00 -0500, Randy W. Sims wrote:

Hi Randy

I'm subscribed to the list, so no need to copy me too.

>> Does ppm
>> fail without those tags?

No, it's OK.

> 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.

Hmmm. Good guess but ... I'm using both WinZip and GNU gzip/tar for 
DOS. See:
http://savage.net.au/Ron/html/GNU-Utils.html
The GNU files I have are datestamped 1994 but it's only recently that 
they seem to be struggling. And all problems are only in this 
Archive::* context. When run by themselves (tar, gzip) everything is 
fine. I'd better upgrade Compress::ZLib now too.

Anyway, WinZip and GNU agree that the files have no paths, so if you 
can see paths and I can't there is definitely a problem and it's 
definitely somewhere!

Recall my very first statement in this thread that I was trying to 
replace my module Module::MakeDist. That's because I'm having these 
sorts of trouble with it, and it calls tar and gzip. I have these 
problems, but worse, at home under Win2K, and all such problems are 
very recent. Same GNU stuff at home of course.

I'll investigate the port you mentioned, too.

> As far as the ppd output, Dave's implementation is correct

I accept that.
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