Re: [Module::Build] codebase? paths in .tar.gz?

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

On 12/19/2003 4:05 PM, Glenn Linderman wrote:

  > I suppose I should try to install my module, to determine if it 
winds up
>  flat.... well, I still don't know if it is flat.... I notice that 
> another module I use, Win32::GUI, has a similar .ppd file, but there are 
> two differences... there is no PERLCORE VERSION, and "-5.8" is added 
> into the ARCHITECTURE NAME value.  I include its successfully installing 
> .ppd file below the one for my GFfP packagae.
> 
> D:\>ppm install d:\gffp\gffp.ppd
> Error: no suitable installation target found for package GFfP.
> 
> D:\>type gffp\gffp.ppd
> <SOFTPKG NAME="GFfP" VERSION="0,1,0,0">
>     <TITLE>GFfP</TITLE>
>     <ABSTRACT></ABSTRACT>
>     <AUTHOR>Glenn Linderman &lt;pe...@ne...&gt;</AUTHOR>
>     <IMPLEMENTATION>
>         <PERLCORE VERSION="5,008000,0,0" />
>         <OS VALUE="MSWin32" />
>         <ARCHITECTURE NAME="MSWin32-x86-multi-thread" />
>         <CODEBASE HREF="GFfP-0.1.tar.gz" />
>     </IMPLEMENTATION>
> </SOFTPKG>
> 
> D:\>perl -v
> 
> This is perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread

The problem here is ActiveState chose to solve the 5.6 vs 5.8 binary 
compatibility problem by appending "-5.8" to the ARCHITECTURE tag. Try 
manually editing the ppd file, and let me know if that works.

Regards,
Randy.