Re: [webmin-devel] Perl module problem

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

I had a look at that Perl module, and it seems to be missing the
Makefile.PL script used by all Perl modules to compile. So either my
understanding of Perl packaging is incorrect, or Webmin really is
correct to say that it is invalid ..

 - Jamie

On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 18:32, Andrew Kornak wrote:
> It happened to me again, only this time with a single module and no
> dependencies...
> 
> >From CPAN, named: WebService::CIA
> 
> Downloading
> http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/I/IM/IMALPASS/WebService-CIA-0.01.tar.gz (9390 bytes) ..
>      Received 1024 bytes (10 %)
>      Received 2048 bytes (21 %)
>      Received 3072 bytes (32 %)
>      Received 4096 bytes (43 %)
>      Received 5120 bytes (54 %)
>      Received 6144 bytes (65 %)
>      Received 7168 bytes (76 %)
>      Received 8192 bytes (87 %)
>      Received 9216 bytes (98 %)
>      Received 9390 bytes (100 %)
> .. Download complete.
> 
> Failed to install module : Not a valid Perl module
> 
> -----
> Andrew Kornak wrote: 
> > I recently had a problem with the "Perl Module" Webmin module. When
> > attempting to
> > install the AI::Categorizer perl module there are quite a few
> > prerequisite modules that
> > are displayed. I attempted to use the "Fetch Missing Pre-Requisites"
> > feature and it
> > downloads all the necessary modules but fails at the end with an
> > error message of 
> > "unknown or missing module". I don't remember the exact error
> > message since I ended
> > up installing several of the prerequisite modules manually until the
> > "fetch" feature was
> > able to install perquisites and the main module without error.
> > Perhaps there is a limit
> > as to how many prerequisites one may install at one time before it
> > craps out? Perhaps
> > the main module is deleted after a certain time limit? I don't know.
> > In any case, I love
> > this new feature. I only recently discovered it and it's cool. It
> > really speeds things up
> > when you need to install dependencies. Thanks.
> > 
> > -Andrew
> > 
> > Jamie Cameron wrote: 
> > > Hi Webmin developers and translators,
> > > 
> > > Webmin 1.160 will be coming out soon, so I have created a 1.159 
> > > development pre-release for interested people to test before the 
> > > official 1.160 version comes out. Translators should also take a look 
> > > at this version to find any new strings that need conversion.
> > > 
> > > You can get the 1.159 version from :
> > > 
> > > http://www.webmin.com/devel/tarballs/webmin-1.159.tar.gz
> > > or
> > > http://www.webmin.com/devel/rpm/webmin-1.159-1.noarch.rpm
> > > 
> > > The biggest new features in this version are the addition of the Sarg module,
> > > removal of all <hr> lines from headers and footers, translation updates for
> > > French, Chinese and a few other languages, NFSv4 support in the mount module,
> > > and support for MD5 encryption for Webmin passwords.
> > > 
> > > A full change log is available at :
> > > http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.159.html
> > > 
> > > Usermin 1.090 will also be available soon, and so I have created a 
> > > corresponding 1.089 pre-release for testing and translation. You can 
> > > get it from :
> > > 
> > > http://www.webmin.com/devel/tarballs/usermin-1.089.tar.gz
> > > or
> > > http://www.webmin.com/devel/rpm/usermin-1.089-1.noarch.rpm
> > > 
> > > A full change log for this release is available at :
> > > http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.089.html
> > > 
> > >   - Jamie
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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