2017-03-17 2:08 GMT+01:00 Eric Bavier <[email protected]>: > On Thu, 16 Mar 2017 12:42:38 +0100 > Catonano <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'd like to try to package this thing > > > > http://search.cpan.org/~ken/xls2csv-1.07/ > > > > but > > Short answer: The cpan importer is currently not equipped to handle > script-packages like this one. >
Oh ok. Good to know. Thanks > > > > > $ guix import cpan xls2csv > > guix import: error: failed to download meta-data for package 'xls2csv' > > This is because "xls2csv" has no metadata on metacpan.org > > > Efraim suggested me caps and colons, like the example in the manual > > > > guix import cpan Acme::Boolean > > > > But Acme-Boolean is a package. > > > > There's a folder named Acme containing a file with a namespace > declaration > > in it > > > > My thing is not a package, it's a script, it has no namespace > declaration, > > it's not in a folder > > Is this common on CPAN? Do you think it would be useful to improve the > cpan importer to handle such things? > II don't know whether it's common or not. I don't know the first thing about Perl I was only evaluating a way to access some data stored in xsl files > > > > > How do I correctly call the importer on this ? > > It can't work, yet. You'll need to declare the package manually. > Sorry. > Ok. Thank you, Eric
