On Fri, 14 May 2004, DH wrote: [ ... ] > for whatever its worth, > PPM-NetStumbler-Wap does not have a blib directory > and is therefore not a ppm package
I'm not sure we're talking about the same package? $ tar tvzf S/SS/SSCOTTO/PPM-NetStumbler-Stumbler-0.04.tar.gz 2004-05-13 06:59:24 blib/lib/NetStumbler/Stumbler.pm $ tar tvzf S/SS/SSCOTTO/PPM-NetStumbler-Wap-0.04.tar.gz 2004-05-13 06:59:49 blib/lib/NetStumbler/Wap.pm So it looks like it is a ppm package, as it just contains a blib/ directory, which is what the ppm utility expects. > ... > > putting them up on CPAN is a convenient way to distribute > > such packages, as ActiveState's repository doesn't carry ppm > > versions of all CPAN distributions, for one reason or > > another. > > There is no reason that PPM-NetStumbler-Wap should be on > CPAN or in any PPM repository (esp since it's not exactly > a ppm package). It's pure perl so there is no point to > make a ppm out of it, much less to put one up on CPAN. That certainly true that for simple pure perl modules like this a ppm package is a bit of overkill as far as installation goes, since you can simply copy the .pm file to the appropriate place. However, installing via ppm ensures the module is installed into the correct location, and also, it registers the package with ppm, so that updates and removal in the future can be done within ppm. -- best regards, randy
