a couple of points about ppm in ActivePerl 5.8:
1. there is no ppm2 in 5.8, therefore no ppm.xml. ppm data is instead stored at perl\site\lib\ppm-conf\ - essentially all of the ppd files are stored there as well as a few other things. the default ppm is now ppm3.
2. with regards to CGI - this is a bundled module and we would rather you not upgrade it. we allow the installation of a different version in site/lib, and you can access this by say manipulating @INC or at least the search order of @INC. you might get some unexpected results though =).
3. ActivePerl 5.8.0 build 804 is very old, if you are looking for newer versions of bundled modules please upgrade your ActivePerl distribution first before ripping the ditribution you have appart and possibly breaking things. It is also worth noting that ActiveStte only supports the current versions of ActivePerl - if you have trouble with an older version and want support I am only going to tell you to upgrade.
Ioannis Angelopoulos wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have just subscribed and I am starting with a problem: I have
installed active perl 5.8.0.804 on win 2000 pro machine SP3. From
what I have seen there is no perl\lib\ppm.xml file for the modules that came with the perl installation (even though there is for the site_perl dir). Also in the \perl\lib\auto section several of the
installed modules (like CGI.pm for example) don't have directories
and .packlist files at all. As a result of this (? - correct me if I
am wrong in that) the ppm finds only the modules that are installed
under the site_perl tree. So I have ended with two CGI.pm modules
different versions, one in perl\lib the other in \perl\site\lib
because ppm cannot see the former. Is this normal ??? How can
uninstall the modules that came with the installer ? Any help would
be mostly welcomed.
Thanx to all in advance Ioannis
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