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

[Glenn L. <pe...@ne...>]

On approximately 12/19/2003 2:10 PM, came the following characters from
the keyboard of Randy W. Sims:

> 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.

I should have thought of editing it, DUH.  Well, it was late.  Or early, 
or whatever.

OK, so I edited it, and that made PPM happy, and it claims to have 
installed it, but there are no signs of any of the files in the c:\perl 
directory tree.  Also missing are any indications from PPM of any files 
being copied as part of the installation, which usually seems to happen.

Dare I suggest that it is because the directory structure is flat?  :)

Can you point me at a ptar ?  Would you like to a copy of my 
GFfP-0.1.tar.gz file?


D:\GFfP>ppm install d:\gffp\gffp.ppd
====================
Install 'gffp' version 0.1 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.805.
====================
Successfully installed GFfP version 0.1 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.805.

D:\GFfP>type GFfP.ppd
<SOFTPKG NAME="GFfP" VERSION="0,1,0,0">
     <TITLE>GFfP</TITLE>
     <ABSTRACT></ABSTRACT>
     <AUTHOR>Glenn Linderman &lt;pe...@ne...&gt;</AUTHOR>
     <IMPLEMENTATION>
         <OS VALUE="MSWin32" />
         <ARCHITECTURE NAME="MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8" />
         <CODEBASE HREF="GFfP-0.1.tar.gz" />
     </IMPLEMENTATION>
</SOFTPKG>

-- 
Glenn -- http://nevcal.com/
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