Basil,
Thanks for the response - I seem to have had a bit more luck that
you -
here's the response I got from support last night.... :-)
Hello Neil,
Thank you for your interest in ActiveState. I'm not sure which version of
ActivePerl you are using.
If you are using ActivePerl 5.8.0: ==================================
As far as the modules being available for 5.8 go, ActiveState does not
maintain or own >99% of the modules out there. We simply attempt to
pre-package those modules available from www.cpan.org for use with PPM/PPM3.
Unfortunately PPM packages in the repository are not always completely
up-to-date or available for every platform as we have developed an automated
system for keeping the PPM repositories current with CPAN sources, but not
all modules build automatically on all platforms (without some tweaking).
Generally, if a given module is not available it is because the auto-build
has failed. Because we do not maintain these modules, compatibility with
Perl 5.8 is up to the authors or maintainers of a given module.
Requests for PPM packages can now be directed to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The link below will provide you with the information you need for querying,
downloading and building perl modules from CPAN:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Reference/Products/ActivePerl/lib/CPAN.html
If you are using ActivePerl 5.6.1: ==================================
Recently we rebuilt the directory where the DBD-Oracle package is located
(http://www.activestate.com/PPMpackages/5.6plus/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/ )
We are in the process of adding the missing package back to the repository
and it should be available in the few days.
If you like, you can manually download the modules as .zip archives and
install them locally although you must use ppm version 2 (ppm).
The package is also available here:
(ActivePerl 5.6.1)
http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/DB_File.zip
Extract these into a convenient directory (C:\Perl\ would be good) and
follow the instructions in the README file. Basically, it will tell you to
do the
following:
C:\Perl\>ppm install mypackage.ppd
Notice the addition of the ".ppd" extension in the syntax. If you are not in
the directory you have extracted the files to, use the full path for the
file:
C:\>ppm install c:\directoryname\mypackage.ppd
If you've found that the requested module is not available through PPM, PPM3
or downloadable as a .zip file, requests for PPM packages can now be
directed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can always get the latest packages from CPAN. Instructions on querying,
downloading and building perl modules from CPAN sites can be found here:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Reference/Products/ActivePerl/lib/CPAN.html
Best Regards,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Basil Daoust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 22 January 2003 19:44
> To: Neil MacMullen
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Why does DB_File no longer appear in PPM repository ?
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> Happy hunting, I asked the exact same question about 2 weeks
> ago and did not get a useful response. I was even told by one
> person it was part of the basic install. But of course then
> the use would work. And DB_File would be listed in the HTML
> docs under modules.
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> So if your lazy like me try SDBM_File its really excellent
> but I do not know if the module does file locking when you
> open a DB in read/write mode. So I've written the app and am
> hoping for the best.
>
> What I did was open it only in rw if I need to do and update
> and then I untie and re-tie in read-only.
>
> Basil
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> Neil MacMullen
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Subject: Why does DB_File no longer appear in PPM repository
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> 22/01/2003 04:04 AM
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> Does anybody know why the DB_File module no longer appears in
> the PPM repository ? According to the module status page at
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/PPM/Packages
> it should be available. However, ppm cannot find it. Here's
> a transcript of my (unsuccessful) session...
>
> C:\>ppm
> PPM interactive shell (2.1.6) - type 'help' for available commands.
> PPM> search DB_File
> Packages available from
> http://ppm.ActiveState.com/cgibin/PPM/ppmserve> r.pl?urn:/
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> PPMServer:
> Bundle-Tie-DB_File-SplitHash [1.01 ] A
> bundle to install all
> Tie::DB_File::SplitHash
> related modules
> Cache-DB_File [0.2 ]
> DB_File-DB_Database [0.031] DB_File to MutiField
> Table with Index
> DB_File-Lock [0.05 ] Locking with flock
> wrapper for DB_File
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> As you can see, plenty of DB_File variants but not plain-old
> 'DB_File'. I've successfully installed this package in the
> past so I'm a bit mystified as to what might have happened to
> it. I'm guessing that it has to do with the release of perl
> 5.8 - has DB_File been deprecated in favour of something else ?
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> (BTW I'm using perl 5.6.1 - build 632)
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> Thanks,
> Neil
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