Hi Guys, Some musings here.
Currently in Makefile.PL we use a method of installing perl dependencies that triggers cpan to do the actual work. Unfortunately if it is the first time cpan has been run (by that user) on that system it bothers the user with questions that may cause either confusion or lead to incorrect choices being made. This could result in the new modules being installed in the system perl instead of local perl libs which, at least on debian based systems, is considered a bad thing. Even worse, after this first run, and installation of the needed modules. A Logout and Login is required before Makefile.PL will complete properly due to the Environment Variables needing to be correctly set. (yes you can just run "exec bash --login" to fix it for a specific terminal, but you need to do that for every terminal you may want to run LedgerSMB or it's associated tools in. cpanm on the other hand seems to *just work* as far as it asks the user no questions. Also it may not need the logout/in for the script to complete (not tested) An alternative to both of these that has been suggested and may work well for us is Carton. Carton is a manager that uses that cpanfile to install things locally (to a project) in a deployment-manageable way https://metacpan.org/pod/Carton and https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Carton/lib/Carton/Doc/FAQ.pod According to https://github.com/perl-carton/carton/issues/197 you don't actually have to use "carton exec", it's just a convenient way to load only the local lib Does anyone have thought or experience with any of these that suggests any issues or benefits? Regards David G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-devel mailing list Ledger-smb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel
