RE: [Slashcode-general] Probs w/ Install RH 6.2 and 7.0

[Mike G. <mt...@mg...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alessio Bragadini [mailto:al...@al...]
>
> Well, more exactly is the dependance of a CPAN module 
> (XML::Parser) upon
> a non-Perl component as expat. So, you positively first need 
> to install
> expat.
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Yes, after installing expat, things moved forward.  But, I don't
remember seeing a section about the manual install of expat in the
installation instructions.  I'm using a combination of two instructions
- one from the tarball distribution and the other from bender.  I
definately like the bender-install method.

This leads me to the next question.

Why two installations?  Why doesn't slash come default with the source
code for all installations?  Seems like that would be easier to support.



> This may be better explained in the INSTALL docs (including URLs for
> expat), while we wait for major distributions to include it 
> by default, if ever.
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My lack of understanding about the distribution process through CPAN
prevents me from coming up with a valid point on this.  But, what does
it take to add something like this to your Bundle::Slash module?

-- Mike