Todd: I think that there are two problems with your idea.
1. You have to make sure your copy of XML::Simple is kept up to date for two reasons: a. to ensure security (ie, security patches into the main tree need to be added to yours) b. to ensure the bindings always match up with the C version (in the case of wrappers to libraries. not sure if XML::Simple is like XML::LibXML though..) 2. You are making people download larger packages, which defeats the purpose of CPAN. If everyone did this there'd be a lot of redundancy and it would become a huge mess. My answer is to write a Perl module and distribute it via CPAN. Write it in a general way such that it can be used by others; particularly since I'm sure lots of people would be interested in an easy interface to Urchin/Google stats. Makefile.PL or Module-Build have facilities for ensuring that all dependencies are appropriately met -- that's its purpose. If you *really* want to do this, and I'm almost certain it's not what you want, then include the package in a lib/ directory and just 'use lib "/path/to/lib/"' at the top of your code. Or you can mess around with %INC%, but that's *really* not recommended. Hope this helps, Jon On Jan 24, 2008 5:27 PM, Todd Nine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I'm new to Perl, so I apologize if this is the incorrect list. I'm > attempting to create a small plug in to the Urchin web stats system, and I > want to embed the XML::Simple module in my code. Its CGI based and just > sits in a directory that apache accesses. Installing XML:Simple on every > host makes deployment a bit difficult. I'd like everything in a zip file > that the admin can just unzip, then use the scripts. I've already modified > the load path to load all my .pm files, how can I include the XML:Simple > code? > > Thanks, > Todd >
