On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Josh Kuperman wrote: > It was pointed out to me that a previous problem I complained about is a > FAQ. Basically, head vs HEAD, where head give the first 10 lines of a > file and HEAD is part of the PERL LWP distribution.It seems I have a > problem still because I like PERL and I need the LWP distribution.
Well for some reason, I get asked to install LWP all the time -- I think it's a bug in CPAN.pm that thinks LWP isn't available or something, so it automatically grabs & builds a new copy. How sweet of it. You can have LWP installed, but chances are you don't need some or all of the programs it offers to put in /usr/local/bin -- just say no when it asks if you want these utility scripts installed. In most cases, you use a substitute for LWP's HEAD, such as 'lynx --head' or 'telnet foo.com 80' and then hit 'HEAD<cr><nl><cr><nl>' to force such a request manualy. Or you can use a simple hand rolled Perl script with LWP if you really need the 'real' thing that badly. -- Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache / mod_perl / http://homepage.mac.com/chdevers/resume/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
