On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 01:16:10AM -0500, Ilya Zakharevich wrote: > > 1) The PREREQ_PM facility informs the user of missing modules, but not > > where to find them. Not every module (in the Perl sense) comes in a > > module (in the CPAN sense) of the same name. > > Why should it? PREREQ_PM specifies > > "Distribution depends on PM-files" > > PAUSE indexer specifies > > "PM-file is contained in a distribution" > > CPAN.pm uses both pieces of info to do what it should. What I am missing?
a) That not all modules exist on CPAN. (some are specific to a company, some on sourceforge or similar). b) That some package names may exist in multiple modules. c) That whilst Perl supports CPAN, it's not mandatory (nor should it be). We should, however, support those who won't/can't use it. > > 2) There is no handling of required executables. > > Is not a problem as far as the executable comes with a (dummy?) > module. Not all modules are written in perl. I have a module that uses the par command, for example. Mx.
